Delegating decisions to experts

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Li, Hao ^a   Suen, Wing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 1842853859     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/379941     Document Type: Article

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