Verifiability and Contract Enforcement: A Model with Judicial Moral Hazard

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-94

  Usman, Murat ^a  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 0036256604     PISSN: 87566222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jleo/18.1.67     Document Type: Article

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