The rationality of information gathering: Monopoly

Manchester School

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 237-252

  Begg, David K H ^a   Imperato, Isabella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department for Development and Cohesion Policy   (Italy)

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EID: 0012159559     PISSN: 14636786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9957.00245     Document Type: Article

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