Restructuring by design: Government's complicity in corporate restructuring

Journal of Economic Issues

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-57

  Champlin, Dell P ^a   Knoedler, Janet T ^a  

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EID: 0033425085     PISSN: 00213624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00213624.1999.11506134     Document Type: Review

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