Bidder collusion at Forest Service timber sales

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 657-699

  Baldwin, Laura H ^a   Marshall, Robert C ^b   Richard, Jean Francois ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 0001211291     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/262089     Document Type: Article

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