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- 1983
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- 26
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- 2
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- 375-390
- Citations
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Harold Demsetz
(1983).
The Structure of Ownership and the Theory of the Firm.
The Journal of Law and Economics
, 26
(2)
, 375-390.
https://doi.org/10.1086/467041
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- DOI
- 10.1086/467041