Ferreting out tunneling: An application to indian business groups

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 121-148

  Bertrand, Marianne ^a   Mehta, Paras ^b   Mullainathan, Sendhil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0036487663     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355302753399463     Document Type: Review

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