Quasi Markets, Transaction Costs, and Trust: The Uncertain Effects of Market Reforms in British Television Production

Television & New Media

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 321-354

  Deakin, Simon ^a   Pratten, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84997908089     PISSN: 15274764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/152747640000100305     Document Type: Article

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