Fixed costs of adjustment, coordination, and industry investment

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 628-637

  Doyle, Joanne M ^a   Whited, Toni M ^a  

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EID: 0035604822     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465301753237713     Document Type: Article

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