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Take-Overs, Economic Natural Selection, and the Theory of the Firm: Evidence from the Postwar United Kingdom Experience

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  • Singh, Ajit, 1975. "Take-Overs, Economic Natural Selection, and the Theory of the Firm: Evidence from the Postwar United Kingdom Experience," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 85(339), pages 497-515, September.
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