Institutions and contracts: Franchising

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-78

  Pfister, Etienne ^a,b   Deffains, Bruno ^a   Doriat Duban, Myriam ^a   Saussier, Stéphane ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Contracts; Franchising; Institutions; Legal systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 32544444719     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10657-006-5671-4     Document Type: Review

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