Transaction costs versus resource value?

Journal of Economic Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-240

  Pitelis, Christos N ^a   Pseiridis, Anastasia N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Microeconomics; Resources; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 15544368803     PISSN: 01443585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443589910284408     Document Type: Article

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