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Vertical integration and competition

  • Philippe Aghion
  • Rachel Griffith
  • Peter Howitt

Published on 20 May 2006

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    Rachel Cassidy
    Rachel Griffith

    CPP Co-Director

    Rachel is Research Director and Professor at the University of Manchester. She was made a Dame for services to economic policy and education in 2021.

    Philippe Aghion
    Philippe Aghion

    Research Fellow London School of Economics

    Philippe is an IFS Research Fellow, a Professor of Economics at LSE, at the College de France and at INSEAD, and a Fellow at the Econometric Society.

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    Aghion, P., Griffith, R., and Howitt, P. (2006), 'Vertical integration and competition'

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