Optimal property rights in financial contracting

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3401-3433

  Ayotte, Kenneth ^a   Bolton, Patrick ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 80052987877     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhr053     Document Type: Article

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