Collusive Bidding: Lessons from the FCC Spectrum Auctions

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 229-252

  Cramton, Peter ^a   Schwartz, Jesse A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034371308     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008174031940     Document Type: Article

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