Household dissolution, child care and divorce law

International Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 495-510

  Bowles, Roger ^a   Garoupa, Nuno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Divorce; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036984236     PISSN: 01448188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0144-8188(02)00116-3     Document Type: Article

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