Price-Cap Regulation and Inefficiency in Relative Pricing

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-70

  Cowan, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031518152     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007957803179     Document Type: Article

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