Privatisation in developing countries

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 234-265

  Megginson, William L ^a,b   Sutter, Natalie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Finance's Global Advisory Committee   (Italy)

Author keywords

Economics of regulation; International financial markets; Political economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745776268     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2006.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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