Private ex-ante transaction costs for repeated biodiversity conservation auctions: a case study

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Private ex-ante transaction costs for repeated biodiversity conservation auctions: a case study. / Groth, Markus.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2008. (Working paper series in economics; No. 84).

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Groth, M 2008 'Private ex-ante transaction costs for repeated biodiversity conservation auctions: a case study' Working paper series in economics, no. 84, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg.

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Groth, M. (2008). Private ex-ante transaction costs for repeated biodiversity conservation auctions: a case study. (Working paper series in economics; No. 84). Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg.

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Groth M. Private ex-ante transaction costs for repeated biodiversity conservation auctions: a case study. Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg. 2008. (Working paper series in economics; 84).

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