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Strategic interactions, market information and predicting the effects of mergers in differentiated product markets

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  • Davis, Douglas D., 2002. "Strategic interactions, market information and predicting the effects of mergers in differentiated product markets," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 20(9), pages 1277-1312, November.
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    5. Gomez-Martinez, Francisco, 2016. "Partial Cartels and Mergers with Heterogeneous Firms: Experimental Evidence," MPRA Paper 81132, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 01 Jul 2017.
    6. Douglas Davis & Robert Reilly & Bart Wilson, 2003. "Cost Structures and Nash Play in Repeated Cournot Games," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 6(2), pages 209-226, October.
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    9. Argenton, Cédric & Ivanova-Stenzel, Radosveta & Müller, Wieland, 2022. "Cournot Meets Bayes-Nash: A Discontinuity in Behavior in Finitely Repeated Duopoly Games," VfS Annual Conference 2022 (Basel): Big Data in Economics 264079, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
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    12. Gomez-Martinez, Francisco, 2017. "Partial Cartels and Mergers with Heterogenous Firms: Experimental Evidence," EconStor Preprints 169380, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
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