Cronyism and capital controls: Evidence from Malaysia

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 351-382

  Johnson, Simon ^a   Mitton, Todd ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital controls; Financial crises; Institutions; Political connections

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037292733     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(02)00255-6     Document Type: Article

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