The decentralization of information processing in the presence of interactions

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 667-695

  Vayanos, Dimitri ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b National Bereau of Economics Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION; MODELING;

EID: 0038789830     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-937X.00261     Document Type: Article

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