Marie-Laure Allain is research fellow at CNRS and associate professor of economics at Ecole Polytechnique, Paris. After a PhD at CREST, she was an assistant professor at ENSAE. Marie-Laure Allain’s area of research include industrial organization and competition policy, with a focus on vertical relations between producers and retailers. Jointly with Claire Chambolle, she has published several books and articles on the retail sector. She has provided economic expertise during merger procedures before the French Competition Authorities.
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Marcel Boyer, Marie-Laure Allain, Jean-Pierre Ponssard, Concurrences, N° 4-2011, n°39887, pp. 32-40
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