Successor liability and asymmetric information

American Law and Economics Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 408-434

  Choi, Albert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

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EID: 38949089315     PISSN: 14657252     EISSN: 14657260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aler/ahm013     Document Type: Article

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