Abstract
Rowley’s (Public Choice 140:275–285, 2009) claim that I have “expropriated” (p. 276) intellectual property rights from Professor Landa by insufficiently citing her works is vacuous. It failed, among other faults, to recognize the substantive distinction between the lines of research pursued by Professor Landa and myself. Her analysis of trust is preferences-based while my analysis is beliefs-based. We talk about similar issues but what we say is very different.
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Greif, A. The curious commentary on the citation practices of Avner Greif. Public Choice 141, 273–275 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-009-9512-1
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