Economic efficiency in a world of frictions

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 179-197

  Furubotn, Eirik G ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bounded rationality; Choice methods; Decision costs; Efficient allocation; Information structure; Neoinstitutional

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042187846     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008713124865     Document Type: Article

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