Contractual form and market thickness in trucking

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 369-386

  Hubbard, Thomas N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0035628344     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2696415     Document Type: Article

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