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Restoring Vision to Consumers and Competition to the Marketplace: Analyzing the Effects of Required Prescription Release

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  • Timmons, Edward
  • Norris, Conor

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  • Timmons, Edward & Norris, Conor, 2018. "Restoring Vision to Consumers and Competition to the Marketplace: Analyzing the Effects of Required Prescription Release," Working Papers 07810, George Mason University, Mercatus Center.
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