Incentivized Mergers and Cost Efficiency: Evidence from the Electricity Distribution Industry
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- Robert Clark & Mario Samano, 2020. "Incentivized Mergers and Cost Effciency: Evidence from the Electricity Distribution Industry," Working Paper 1447, Economics Department, Queen's University.
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