Asymmetric information and public economics: The Mirrlees-Vickrey nobel prize

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 165-180

  Sandmo, Agnar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

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EID: 0009373655     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.13.1.165     Document Type: Article

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