Spatial planning and institutional design: What can we expect from transaction cost economics?

International Handbook of Urban Policy: Volume 2 : Issues in the Developed World

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 199-211

  Moulaert, F ^a,b,c   Mehmood, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84859602959     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781849802024.00016     Document Type: Chapter

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