Oligopolistic certification

B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hvide, Hans K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Auditing; Certification

Indexed keywords

EID: 67549114553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1704.1230     Document Type: Article

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