The emergence of property rights enforcement in early trade: A behavioral model without reputational effects

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-62

  Hodgson, Geoffrey M ^a,b   Knudsen, Thorbjørn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Guilds; Institutions; Property rights; Property rights enforcement

Indexed keywords

EID: 50449109984     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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