Effect of institutional and firm-specific characteristics on post-privatization performance: Evidence from developed countries

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 747-766

  D'Souza, Juliet ^a   Megginson, William ^b   Nash, Robert ^c  

^a Clayton Coll and State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144541768     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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