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    Patrick Hughes & Margaret Sanderson

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Hughes, P., Sanderson, M. Conspiracy Law and Jurisprudence in Canada: Towards an Economic Approach. Review of Industrial Organization 13, 153–176 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007795305951

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