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The Not So Brilliant Future of International Cartels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2021

Alain Verbeke*
Affiliation:
University of Calgary, Canada Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium University of Reading, UK
Caroline Buts
Affiliation:
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
*
Corresponding author: Alain Verbeke (alain.verbeke@vub.be)

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accepted by Editor-in-Chief Arie Y. Lewin

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