A Simple Model of Privately Profitable but Socially Useless Speculation

Hans-Werner Sinn, Murray C. Kemp

Japanese Economic Review 51, 2000, pp. 85-95, NBER Working Paper No. 3513, November 1990, Princeton Univeristy Discussion Paper No. 60, October 1990.

Japanese Economic Review 51 (830 KB)829.62 KB

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Princeton Univeristy Discussion Paper No. 60 (2.36 MB)2.36 MB

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