Horizontal market concentration: Theoretical insights from the spatial models
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- Cosnita-Langlais, Andreea, 2012. "Horizontal market concentration: Theoretical insights from spatial models," Research in Economics, Elsevier, vol. 66(1), pages 22-32.
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Keywords
geographic and product space; strategic location; horizontal market concentration; merger control;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
- L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
- R32 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - Other Spatial Production and Pricing Analysis
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2009-01-10 (Business Economics)
- NEP-COM-2009-01-10 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-GEO-2009-01-10 (Economic Geography)
- NEP-IND-2009-01-10 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-URE-2009-01-10 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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