Does google leverage market power through tying and bundling?

Journal of Competition Law and Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 365-400

  Edelman, Benjamin ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 84930856054     PISSN: 17446414     EISSN: 17446422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/joclec/nhv016     Document Type: Article

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