Public versus private ownership: Quantity contracts and the allocation of investment tasks

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 258-268

  Hoppe, Eva I ^a   Schmitz, Patrick W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contractible control; Incomplete contracts; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 76949087834     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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