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Sunk costs and regulation in the U.S. pesticide industry

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  • Ollinger, Michael
  • Fernandez-Cornejo, Jorge

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Volume (Year): 16 (1998)
Issue (Month): 2 (March)
Pages: 139-168

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  1. Pontus Braunerhjelm, 1999. "Sunk costs, firm size and internationalization," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 135(4), pages 657-674, December.
  2. Laussel, Didier & Lahmandi-Ayed, Rim, 2010. "Natural oligopolies with exogenous sunk costs: A non-Suttonian result," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 46(5), pages 844-854, September.
  3. Takechi, Kazutaka & Higashida, Keisaku, 2012. "Firm organizational heterogeneity and market structure: Evidence from the Japanese pesticide market," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 30(2), pages 193-203.
  4. Badulescu, Dan & Baylis, Katherine R., 2006. "Pesticide Regulation Under NAFTA: Harmonization in Process?," Commissioned Papers 24163, Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network.

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