The economics of repeated extortion

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-223

  Choi, Jay Pil ^a   Thum, Marcel ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 4444351645     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1593688     Document Type: Article

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