Putting the corporation in its place

Enterprise and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 687-729

  Guinnane, Timothy ^a   Harris, Ron ^b   Lamoreaux, Naomi R ^c   Rosenthal, Jean Laurent ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 35448965160     PISSN: 14672227     EISSN: 14672235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/es/khm067     Document Type: Article

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