Liberalization, corporate governance and the performance of privatized firms in developing countries

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 767-790

  Boubakri, Narjess ^a   Cosset, Jean Claude ^a   Guedhami, Omrane ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Liberalization; Performance; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144471041     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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