Is regulatory competition a problem or irrelevant for corporate governance?

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 212-231

  Romano, Roberta ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); CORPORATE STRATEGY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23844479547     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/gri013     Document Type: Article

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