Transparency about past, present and future conduct: Experimental evidence on the impact on competitiveness

Experiments and Competition Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 81-104

  Potters, Jan ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84878668295     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511576201.005     Document Type: Chapter

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