Is transaction cost economics applicable to public governance?

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-303

  Ruiter, Dick W P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contract; Governance structure; Public agency; Regulation; Transaction cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344433750     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10657-005-4197-5     Document Type: Article

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