Subsidy in licensing: Optimality and welfare implications

Manchester School

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-299

  Liao, Chun Hsiung ^a   Sen, Debapriya ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 20444497933     PISSN: 14636786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9957.2005.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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