The law of duress and the economics of credible threats

Journal of Legal Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 391-430

  Bar Gill, Oren ^a,b   Ben Shahar, Omri ^c  

^a HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 4544271161     PISSN: 00472530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/421574     Document Type: Article

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