The proper scope of government
Subtitle: theory and an application to prisons
By: by Oliver Hart, Andrei Shleifer and Robert W. Vishny
Series: Discussion paper / Harvard Institute of Economic Research -- no. 1778; Discussion paper (Harvard Institute of Economic Research) -- no. 1778
Publisher: Harvard Institute for [sic] Economic Research, Harvard University
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 54
Subjects: Contracting out; Cost control; Prisons
Notes: "September 1996."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-54).

Support from the National Science Foundation.