Insecure property and technological backwardness

Economic Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 505, 2005, Pages 703-721

  Gonzalez, Francisco M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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PROPERTY MARKET;

EID: 28144462012     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2005.01016.x     Document Type: Article

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