Contractual Certainty versus Efficiency: The Historical and Institutional Context of Global Trade

Contractual Certainty in International Trade: Empirical Studies and Theoretical Debates on Institutional Support for Global Economic Exchanges

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 313-342

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