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A modified yardstick competition mechanism

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Georg Meran
Christian Hirschhausen ()

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Volume (Year): 35 (2009)
Issue (Month): 3 (June)
Pages: 223-245
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Keywords: Regulation; Yardstick competition; Mechanism design; Information asymmetry; Heterogeneity; L51; L11; D40;

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