Government failure vs. market failure: Principles of regulation

Government and Markets: Toward a New Theory of Regulation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 13-51

  Stiglitz, Joseph E ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84932611446     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511657504.002     Document Type: Chapter

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