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Part V - Mergers and Acquisitions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2022

Roger D. Blair ,
Christine Piette Durrance  and
Tirza J. Angerhofer
Roger D. Blair
Affiliation:
University of Florida
Christine Piette Durrance
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin
Tirza J. Angerhofer
Affiliation:
Duke University, North Carolina
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Antitrust Policy in Health Care Markets , pp. 385 - 481
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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