Corporate governance and mass privatisation: A theoretical investigation of transformations in legal and economic relationships

Journal of Economic Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 389-468

  Stephen, Frank H ^a   Backhaus, Jürgen G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Privatization; Property rights; Structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346328208     PISSN: 01443585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443580310483600     Document Type: Article

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