Markets: State Franchise Laws, Dealer Terminations, and the Auto Crisis
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This feature explores the operation of individual markets. Patterns of behavior in markets for specifi c goods and services offer lessons about the determinants and effects of supply and demand, market structure, strategic behavior, and government regulation. Suggestions for future columns and comments on past ones should be sent to James R. Hines Jr., Professor of Economics, University of Michigan, at 〈 [email protected]〉.
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