Uncertainty, insurance, and division of labor

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 76-86

  Lio, Monchi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVISION OF LABOUR; INCOME LEVEL; INSURANCE COVER; RISK AVERSION; TRANSACTION UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 0031859951     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9361.00029     Document Type: Article

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