The scope of the firm: New empirical directions: Assessing the property rights and transaction-cost theories of firm scope

American Economic Review

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 184-188

  Whinston, Michael D ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039105971     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.2.184     Document Type: Article

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