Rent a womb: Surrogate selection, investment incentives and contracting

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 260-273

  Banerjee, Swapnendu ^a   Basu, Sanjay ^b  

^a GOKHALE INSTITUTE OF POLITICS AND ECONOMICS   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BANK MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Intended parents; Noncontractibility; Surrogate; Under investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 60549090236     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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