Making Incentive Systems Work: Incentive Regulation in the Nuclear Power Industry

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 395-436

  Verma, Kiran ^a   Mitnick, Barry M ^b   Marcus, Alfred A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0242479775     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a024416     Document Type: Article

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