Does relationship specific investment depend on asset ownership? Evidence from a natural experiment in the housing market

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 201-227

  Gebhardt, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

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EID: 84872457922     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-4774.2012.01106.x     Document Type: Article

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