Measuring the Effect of Multimarket Contact on Competition: Evidence from Mergers following Radio Broadcast Ownership Deregulation

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Waldfogel, Joel ^a   Wulf, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 85117439476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1538-0645.1420     Document Type: Article

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