Equilibrium formation of class action suits

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 339-361

  Che, Yeon Koo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Class action suits; Signaling effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030295897     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-2727(95)01546-9     Document Type: Article

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