Industry Trade-Balance and Domestic Merger Policy: Some Empirical Evidence from the U.S
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Merger Policy; International Effects; Open Economy;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L40 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - General
- L00 - Industrial Organization - - General - - - General
- L40 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2003-12-07 (Industrial Competition)
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