Hard bargains and lost opportunities

Economic Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 450, 1998, Pages 1279-1298

  Binmore, Ken ^a   Proulx, Chris ^a   Samuelson, Larry ^a   Swierzbinski, Joe ^a  

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EID: 0000373544     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00343     Document Type: Article

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