Incomplete contracts and the product cycle

American Economic Review

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1054-1073

  Antràs, Pol ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Bureau of Economie Research   (United States)

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EID: 29244465773     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0002828054825600     Document Type: Review

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