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Efficiency Defense in EU and US Horizontal Merger Control if Costs are Endogenous

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  • Manfred Neumann, 2016. "Efficiency Defense in EU and US Horizontal Merger Control if Costs are Endogenous," German Economic Review, Verein für Socialpolitik, vol. 17(1), pages 48-60, February.
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