Contract law, social norms and inter-firm cooperation

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-195

  Arrighetti, Alessandro ^a   Bachmann, Reinhard ^b   Deakin, Simon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000522026     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.cje.a013665     Document Type: Article

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