Is there a market for organic search engine results and can their manipulation give rise to antitrust liability?

Journal of Competition Law and Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 517-541

  Ratliff, James D ^a   Rubinfeld, Daniel L ^a,b  

^a Compass Lexecon ^*

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84906852532     PISSN: 17446414     EISSN: 17446422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/joclec/nhu013     Document Type: Article

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