The Lens of Contract: Private Ordering

American Economic Review

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 438-443

  Williamson, Oliver E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0042262376     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282802320191769     Document Type: Article

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