Price formation under small numbers competition: Evidence from land auctions in Singapore

Real Estate Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-76

  Ooi, Joseph T L ^a   Sirmans, C F ^b   Turnbull, Geoffrey K ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645054049     PISSN: 10808620     EISSN: 15406229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6229.2006.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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