Understanding the transaction costs of transition: It's the culture, stupid

Review of Austrian Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 347-361

  Pejovich, Svetozar ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; Culture; Transaction costs; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542636990     PISSN: 08893047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027397122301     Document Type: Article

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