Never choose the uniquely largest: A characterization

Economic Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 239-249

  Baigent, Nick ^a   Gaertner, Wulf ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030497220     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01211816     Document Type: Article

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