A new approach for regulating information markets

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 265-281

  Hahn, Robert W ^a   Tetlock, Paul C ^b  

^a AEI Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Futures pricing; Government policy and regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645999978     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11149-006-7399-z     Document Type: Article

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