The nature and causes of corporate negligence, sham lectures, and ecclesiastical indolence: Adam Smith on joint-stock companies, teachers, and preachers

History of Political Economy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 297-315

  Ortmann, Andreas ^a  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0040807493     PISSN: 00182702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00182702-31-2-297     Document Type: Article

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