The competitive firm and the role of information about uncertain factor prices

Economic Modelling

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 547-552

  Hermelingmeier, Christian ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competitive firm; Factor price uncertainty; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149127583     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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