Financial clearing systems

The Limits of Market Organization

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 114-155

  James, John A ^a   Weiman, David F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

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