Minimum Quality Standards, Entry, and the Timing of the Quality Decision

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-58

  Constantatos, Christos ^a   Perrakis, Stylianos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 0032326583     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007938616047     Document Type: Article

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