Competition and the cost of capital revisited: Special authorities and underwriters in the market for tax-exempt hospital bonds

National Tax Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 255-280

  Gershberg, Alec Ian ^a,b   Grossman, Michael ^b,c   Goldman, Fred ^a,b  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0005498134     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2001.2.04     Document Type: Article

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