The firm as association versus the firm as commodity:Efficiency, rights, and ownership

Economics and Philosophy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 243-266

  Putterman, Louis ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84974230757     PISSN: 02662671     EISSN: 14740028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266267100001073     Document Type: Article

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