The politics of government decision making: Regulatory institutions

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 1-31

  Laffont, Jean Jacques ^a   Tirole, Jean ^b  

^a TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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