Incentive Regulation and Efficient Pricing

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 121-149

  Giulietti, Monica ^a   Waddams Price, Catherine ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 18544377141     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1370-4788.2005.00273.x     Document Type: Article

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