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Rationalism Rebuffed? Lessons from Modern Canadian and New Zealand Competition Policy

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Hazledine, T. Rationalism Rebuffed? Lessons from Modern Canadian and New Zealand Competition Policy. Review of Industrial Organization 13, 243–264 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007707808677

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