Costly transparency

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 142-150

  Fox, Justin ^a   Van Weelden, Richard ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Herding; Principal agent; Reputation; Transparency; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053911139     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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