Discouraging rivals: Managerial rent-seeking and economic inefficiencies

American Economic Review

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 1301-1312

  Edlin, Aaron S ^a   Stiglitz, Joseph E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001337316     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: 19447981     Source Type: Journal    
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