Incomplete contracts and the boundaries of the multinational firm

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 94, Issue , 2013, Pages 330-344

  Nunn, Nathan ^a   Trefler, Daniel ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fixed costs; Incomplete contracts; Intra firm trade; Outsourcing; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886584789     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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