Contractibility and asset ownership: On-board computers and governance in U. S. trucking

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1443-1479

  Baker, George P ^a   Hubbard, Thomas N ^a  

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EID: 10444228143     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0033553042476152     Document Type: Article

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