Yardstick Competition to Elicit Private Information: An Empirical Analysis
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Hidden information; Incentive regulation; Yardstick competition; L0; L12; L51; L95; K23;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L0 - Industrial Organization - - General
- L12 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Monopoly; Monopolization Strategies
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
- L95 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Gas Utilities; Pipelines; Water Utilities
- K23 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Regulated Industries and Administrative Law
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