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13 - The Games We Play – Simulation Models in Merger Analysis and Their Potential Use in Trade Litigation

from Part II - The Use of Economics in International Trade Disputes: Economic Versus Legal Thinking

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2017

Theresa Carpenter
Affiliation:
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Marion Jansen
Affiliation:
International Trade Centre, Geneva
Joost Pauwelyn
Affiliation:
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
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