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Book Title: Lawlessness And Economics: Alternative Modes Of Governance
Number of Pages: 176 Pages
Publication Name: Lawlessness and Economics : Alternative Modes of Governance
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Subject: Intergovernmental Organizations, Developing & Emerging Countries, Corporate Governance, Development / General, Corporate, General, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Property, Economics / Theory, Contracts
Publication Year: 2007
Item Height: 0.5 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 1 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Law, Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics
Author: Avinash K. Dixit
Series: The Gorman Lectures in Economics Ser.
Item Width: 6.9 in
Format: Perfect
