Upward Pricing Pressure in Partial Acquisitions: Application to the Essilor Case
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Keywords
Essilor case; partial acquisition; upward pricing pressure;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K21 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Antitrust Law
- L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
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