Quality and location choices under price regulation

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 207-227

  Brekke, Kurt R ^a   Nuscheler, Robert ^b   Straume, Odd Rune ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 33645113955     PISSN: 10586407     EISSN: 15309134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9134.2006.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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