Price cap regulation and information acquisition

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1013-1036

  Iossa, Elisabetta ^a   Stroffolini, Francesca ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Information acquisition; Price cap; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 31244433822     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7187(00)00111-9     Document Type: Article

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