Choice of ownership structure and firm performance: Evidence from Estonia

Post-Communist Economies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-107

  Jones, Derek C ^a   Kalmi, Panu ^b   Mygind, Niels ^c  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^c Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRM OWNERSHIP; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE;

BALTIC STATES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17644421773     PISSN: 14631377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14631370500052779     Document Type: Article

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