Benefit-cost analysis for financial regulation

American Economic Review

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 393-397

  Posner, Eric ^a   Weyl, E Glen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84879075442     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.3.393     Document Type: Conference Paper

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