Competitive markets without commitment

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1079-1109

  Netzer, Nick ^a   Scheuer, Florian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COMPETITIVENESS; INCENTIVE; MORALITY;

EID: 79951994284     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/658497     Document Type: Article

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