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Heterogeneous Firms and Asymmetric Product Differentiation

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  • Carlo Altomonte
  • Italo Colantone
  • Enrico Pennings

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  • Carlo Altomonte & Italo Colantone & Enrico Pennings, 2016. "Heterogeneous Firms and Asymmetric Product Differentiation," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 64(4), pages 835-874, December.
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