Estimation and comparison of treasury auction formats when bidders are asymmetric

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 745-779

  Armantier, Olivier ^a   Sbaï, Erwann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 33750533351     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.875     Document Type: Article

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