Observations on the legal theory of finance

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 331-337

  Hodgson, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Essential hybridity; Finance; Historical specificity; Law; Money; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892438931     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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