Outside and inside competition for international organizations-from analysis to innovations

Review of International Organizations

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 335-350

  Frey, Bruno S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CREMA CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Competition; Innovation; International organizations; Principal agent; Public goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949117782     PISSN: 15597431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11558-008-9045-2     Document Type: Article

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