Towards a general theory of contractual communities: Neither necessarily gated, nor a form of privatization

Cities and Private Planning: Property Rights, Entrepreneurship and Transaction Costs

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 38-65

  Moroni, Stefano ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.4337/9781783475063.00010     Document Type: Chapter

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