The core disagreement between Pigou, the profession, and Coase in the analyses of the externality question

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 565-579

  Demsetz, Harold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coase; Externities; Pigou

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030529177     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(96)00025-0     Document Type: Article

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