Public rationing and private cost incentives

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 333-352

  Ma, Ching To Albert ^a,b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Contestable market; Cost incentive; Public and private sectors; Rationing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142023938     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(02)00163-9     Document Type: Article

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