Property rights to radio spectrum in Guatemala and El Salvador: An experiment in liberalization

Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Hazlett, Thomas W ^a   Ibarguen, Giancarlo ^a   Leighton, Wayne ^a  

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EID: 38049119799     PISSN: 15555879     EISSN: 15555879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1555-5879.1151     Document Type: Review

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