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Stability in a Cournot duopoly under asymmetric unionism

Fanti, Luciano and Gori, Luca

Department of Economics, University of Pisa, Department of Law and Economics "G.L.M. Casaregi", University of Genoa

24 September 2011

Online at https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/33694/

MPRA Paper No. 33694, posted 24 Sep 2011 23:50 UTC

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