To What Extent are Cost Savings Passed on to Consumers? An Oligopoly Approach

Adriaan Ten Kate1, Gunnar Niels1
1Director General for Economic Studies, Federal Competition Commission, Mexico and Managing Consultant, Oxera, UK

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