Spontaneous Market Emergence

B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Fafchamps, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

information sharing; market institutions; personal exchange; relational contracting

Indexed keywords

EID: 85108906254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1534-598X.1045     Document Type: Article

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