Efficient transactors or rent-seeking monopolists? The rationale for early chartered trading companies

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 898-915

  Jones, S R H ^a   Ville, Simon P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0008233794     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700017514     Document Type: Review

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