The Political Economy of Debt Bondage
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- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- D86 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Economics of Contract Law
- J82 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Labor Force Composition
- K12 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Contract Law
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