Institutional Change and Firm Creation in East-Central Europe: An Embedded Politics Approach

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 188-217

  McDermott, Gerald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Governance; Institutions; Postcommunism; Restructuring; Transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142273083     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414003260978     Document Type: Article

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