Riding free on the signals of others

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-43

  Alexander Cook, Kim ^a   Bernhardt, Dan ^a   Roberts, Joanne ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

D82; Free riding signaling; Incomplete information; Increasing returns to scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031616582     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(97)00060-1     Document Type: Article

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