What do economic simulations tell us? Recent mergers in the iron ore industry

Resources Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 111-118

  Lundmark, Robert ^a   Nilsson, Mats ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Energy Agency   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cournot; Iron ore; Merger; Simulation model; Welfare

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; IRON ORES; MARKETING; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; MINING;

ECONOMIC SIMULATION; WELFARE EFFECTS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EUROPEAN COMMISSION; IRON ORE; MERGER; MINING INDUSTRY; WELFARE IMPACT;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8744295743     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2004.06.005     Document Type: Article

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