Capacity utilization under increasing returns to scale

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-36

  Wen, Yi ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0002643507     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jeth.1998.2412     Document Type: Article

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