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Cross-border mergers in a mixed oligopoly. / Heywood, John; Mcginty, Matthew.
In: Economic Modelling, Vol. 28, No. 1-2, 01.2011, p. 382-389.

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Heywood, J & Mcginty, M 2011, 'Cross-border mergers in a mixed oligopoly', Economic Modelling, vol. 28, no. 1-2, pp. 382-389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2010.08.011

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Heywood, J., & Mcginty, M. (2011). Cross-border mergers in a mixed oligopoly. Economic Modelling, 28(1-2), 382-389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2010.08.011

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Heywood J, Mcginty M. Cross-border mergers in a mixed oligopoly. Economic Modelling. 2011 Jan;28(1-2):382-389. doi: 10.1016/j.econmod.2010.08.011

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Heywood, John ; Mcginty, Matthew. / Cross-border mergers in a mixed oligopoly. In: Economic Modelling. 2011 ; Vol. 28, No. 1-2. pp. 382-389.

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