Design of financial systems: Towards a synthesis of function and structure

The World of Risk Management

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-27

  Merton, Robert C ^a   Bodie, Zvi ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84967584937     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812700865_0001     Document Type: Chapter

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