Can Free Entry be Inefficient? Fixed Commissions and Social Waste in the Real Estate Industry
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- Chang-Tai Hsieh & Enrico Moretti, 2003. "Can Free Entry Be Inefficient? Fixed Commissions and Social Waste in the Real Estate Industry," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 111(5), pages 1076-1122, October.
- Hsieh, Chang-Tai T & Moretti, Enrico, 2002. "Can Free Entry Be Inefficient? Fixed Commissions and Social Waste in the Real Estate Industry," Department of Economics, Working Paper Series qt7qw5m9kj, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley.
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- J0 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General
- J4 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets
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