Ownership, investment climate and firm performance: Evidence from Chinese firms

Economics of Transition

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 629-647

  Hallward Driemeier, Mary ^a   Wallsten, Scott ^c   Xu, Lixin Colin ^a,b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Peking University   (China)

^c AEI Brookings Joint Center   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Finance; Firms; Infrastructure; International integration; Investment climate; Labour market; Regulation; Technology

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CAPITAL FLOW; FIRM OWNERSHIP; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33749266739     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2006.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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