Judicial reform

World Bank Research Observer

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-88

  Botero, Juan Carlos ^a   La Porta, Rafael ^b   López de Silanes, Florencio ^a   Shleifer, Andrei ^b   Volokh, Alexander ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; LEGAL SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REFORM PROCESS;

EID: 0037353322     PISSN: 02573032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wbro/lkg005     Document Type: Article

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