A Transaction Cost View of Title Insurance and its Role in Different Legal Systems

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 582-601

  Arruñada, Benito ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

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EID: 0347874044     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0440.00194     Document Type: Article

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