The demand for monitoring technologies: The case of trucking

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 533-560

  Hubbard, Thomas N ^a  

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EID: 0040790416     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355300554845     Document Type: Article

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