State-owned and privately owned firms: An empirical analysis of profitability, leverage, and labor intensity

American Economic Review

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 320-334

  Dewenter, Kathryn L ^a   Malatesta, Paul H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0000957355     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.1.320     Document Type: Article

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