Product market competition and agency costs

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 289-323

  Baggs, Jen ^a   De Bettignies, Jean Etienne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 34547440936     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: 14676451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6451.2007.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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