The role of undertakings in regulatory decision-making

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-16

  Fels, Teresa ^a   Gans, Joshua S ^a   King, Stephen P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; REGULATORY APPROACH;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034075146     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8462.00132     Document Type: Article

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