Strange bids: Bidding behaviour in the United Kingdom's third generation spectrum auction

Economic Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 505, 2005, Pages 551-578

  Börgers, Tilman ^a   Dustmann, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOBILE COMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 26644458096     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2005.01008.x     Document Type: Article

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