Strategic certification and provision of quality

International Economic Review

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 267-283

  Albano, Gian Luigi ^a   Lizzeri, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0346996150     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2354.00110     Document Type: Article

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