The new institutional economics and the theory of the firm

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 133-153

  Furubotn, Eirik G ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bounded rationality; D81; L20; New institutional economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041903461     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(00)00171-2     Document Type: Article

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