Consensus building: How to persuade a group

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1877-1900

  Caillaud, Bernard ^a,b   Tirole, Jean ^c,d  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b Centre for Economic Policy Research

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 38049176908     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.5.1877     Document Type: Article

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