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Part II - Seller Cartels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2022

Roger D. Blair
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University of Florida
Christine Piette Durrance
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University of Wisconsin
Tirza J. Angerhofer
Affiliation:
Duke University, North Carolina
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