Standards battles and public policy

Standards and Public Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 329-344

  Cabral, Luís M B ^a   Kretschmer, Tobias ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34447543662     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511493249.011     Document Type: Chapter

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