High and low bids in tenders: Strategic pricing and other bidding behaviour in public tenders of passenger railway services

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-194

  Alexandersson, Gunnar ^a   Hultén, Staffan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

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EID: 70549087155     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8292.2007.00331.x     Document Type: Article

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