Why hold-ups occur: The self-enforcing range of contractual relationships

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 444-463

  Klein, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0030551184     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.1996.tb01388.x     Document Type: Article

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