Legal origin, civil procedure, and the quality of contract enforcement

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 149-165

  Spamann, Holger ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 76649120530     PISSN: 09324569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1628/093245610790711591     Document Type: Article

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