Adoption of standards under uncertainty

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 816-832

  Ostrovsky, Michael ^a   Schwarz, Michael ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33744762417     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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