Endogeneous public policy and contests

Endogenous Public Policy and Contests

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-221

  Epstein, Gil S ^a   Nitzan, Shmuel ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74818-2     Document Type: Book

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