When does coordination require centralization?

American Economic Review

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 145-179

  Alonso, Ricardo ^a   Dessein, Wouter ^b   Matouschek, Niko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 41849100758     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.1.145     Document Type: Article

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