Comment on Geoffrey M. Hodgson's "what are institutions?"

Journal of Economic Issues

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1153-1157

  Wilson, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

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EID: 33845788071     PISSN: 00213624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2006.11506979     Document Type: Article

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