New Anti-Merger Theories: A Critique
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antitrust; mergers; innovation markets; unilateral effects;All these keywords.
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- K - Law and Economics
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2005-12-20 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-HPE-2005-12-20 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-IND-2005-12-20 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-MIC-2005-12-20 (Microeconomics)
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