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Divestiture of US Businesses May Fail as a Merger Remedy: The Case of the US Beer Industry

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  • Wang, Xiangrui
  • Mittelhammer, Ron C.
  • Marsh, Thomas L.
  • McCluskey, Jill J.

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  • Wang, Xiangrui & Mittelhammer, Ron C. & Marsh, Thomas L. & McCluskey, Jill J., 2017. "Divestiture of US Businesses May Fail as a Merger Remedy: The Case of the US Beer Industry," 2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois 258388, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea17:258388
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.258388
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