The economic analysis of franchise contracts

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 1996, Pages

  Dnes, Antony W ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 17044458630     PISSN: 09324569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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