Private information, strategic behavior, and efficiency in Cournot markets

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 361-376

  Vives, Xavier ^a  

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EID: 0036761799     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3087462     Document Type: Article

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