Trade without law: Private-order institutions in Mexican California

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 202-231

  Clay, Karen ^a  

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EID: 0031512789     PISSN: 87566222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jleo.a023379     Document Type: Article

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