The costs and benefits of privatization: An incomplete contracts approach

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-24

  Schmidt, Klaus M ^a  

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EID: 0030532172     PISSN: 87566222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jleo.a023354     Document Type: Article

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