Personal goods, efficiency and the law

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 673-703

  Usher, Dan ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

B4; Efficiency; K1; Law; Life expectancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041407202     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(01)00051-9     Document Type: Article

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