The effect of decision costs on the formation of market-making intermediaries: A pilot experiment

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-26

  Pingle, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision costs; Experiment; Intermediation; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346044355     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(99)00085-2     Document Type: Article

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