Property rights and wireless license values

Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 563-598

  Hazlett, Thomas W ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38049166469     PISSN: 00222186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589674     Document Type: Review

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