Profit-sharing versus fixed-payment contracts: Evidence from the motion pictures industry

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 169-201

  Chisholm, Darlene C ^a  

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EID: 0031490144     PISSN: 87566222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jleo.a023378     Document Type: Article

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