A General-Equilibrium Analysis of Public Policy for Pharmaceutical Prices
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Public Economic Theory
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1097-3923,1467-9779
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9779.2007.00308.x