The rhetoric of Oliver Williamson's transaction cost economics

Journal of Institutional Economics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-65

  Pessali, Huascar F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

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EID: 84999309952     PISSN: 17441374     EISSN: 17441382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744137405000238     Document Type: Article

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