Sorting: The function of tea middlemen in taiwan during the japanese colonial era

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 607-626

  Koo, Hui Wen ^a   Lo, Pei Yu ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 11144327057     PISSN: 09324569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1628/0932456042776078     Document Type: Article

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