Reputations, relationships, and contract enforcement

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 595-628

  Bentley MacLeod, W ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 35348946442     PISSN: 00220515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jel.45.3.595     Document Type: Article

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