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Switching Costs and Network Effects in Competition Policy

In: Recent Advances in the Analysis of Competition Policy and Regulation

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  • Jacques Crémer
  • Gary Biglaiser

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Bringing scholars and policymakers to the frontiers of research and addressing the critical issues of the day, the book presents original important new theoretical and empirical results. The distinguished contributors include: P. Agrel, K. Alexander, J. Crémer, X. Dassiou, G. Deltas, F. Etro, L. Filistrucchi, P. Fotis, M. Gilli, J. Harrington Jr, T. Huertas, M. Ivaldi, B. Jullien, V. Marques, M. Peitz, Y. Spiegel, E. Tarrantino and G. Wood.

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  • Jacques Crémer & Gary Biglaiser, 2012. "Switching Costs and Network Effects in Competition Policy," Chapters, in: Joseph E. Harrington Jr & Yannis Katsoulacos (ed.), Recent Advances in the Analysis of Competition Policy and Regulation, chapter 1, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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