The Statutory Regulation of Colonial Servitude: An Incomplete-Contract Approach

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 42-75

  Grubb, Farley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clothing; incomplete contracts; labor law; servitude

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002375374     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exeh.1999.0730     Document Type: Article

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