Competition and regulation in franchise bidding

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 223-242

  Doni, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Double asymmetric information; Franchise bidding; Separation property

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043102000     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:REGE.0000017748.93587.78     Document Type: Article

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