Economic theory's stance on no-fault divorce

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 337-359

  Mechoulan, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Divorce; Incentives; Marital investments; Marriage; No fault

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744608340     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-005-3461-3     Document Type: Article

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