Auctions beat posted prices in a small market

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 548-562

  Julien, Benoît ^a   Kennes, John ^b   King, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0036979604     PISSN: 09324569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1628/0932456022975259     Document Type: Article

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