Contribution seq 10504
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"title": "Coase: The Nature of the Firm",
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Status history
| seq | event | detail |
|---|---|---|
| 10504 | APPENDED | |
| 10505 | ACCEPT | AUTOMATIC_AFTER_VALIDATION · by d6193340 |
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