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Private Versus Social Incentives for Vertical Integration and its Implications for Product Differentiation and Market Concentration

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  • Aggarwal, Rimjhim M.

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  • Aggarwal, Rimjhim M., 1999. "Private Versus Social Incentives for Vertical Integration and its Implications for Product Differentiation and Market Concentration," Consolidation in the meat sector, February 25-26, 1999, Washington, D.C. 303394, Regional Research Project NE-165 Private Strategies, Public Policies, and Food System Performance.
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    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303394
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