Disincentives for cost-reducing investment

Economics Letters

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 359-363

  Thomas, Charles J ^a  

^a FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric auction; Strategic investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031578591     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(97)00237-1     Document Type: Article

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