Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Methodological Approach -- Principal Results -- Some Caveats -- Appendix 1.1 Does Price Equalization Improve Welfare? -- Chapter 2 Measuring Barriers and the Benefits of Integration: Existing Studies -- Approaches to...

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