Minimum Quality Standards under Cournot Competition

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 235-245

  Valletti, Tommaso M ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034365413     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008102904069     Document Type: Article

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