Origin and concentration: Corporate ownership, control and performance in firms after privatization

Economics of Transition

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-31

  Hanousek, Jan ^a   Kočenda, Evžen ^a   Svejnar, Jan ^b  

^a CERGE EI   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Endogeneity; Industrial organization; Ownership; Panel data; Performance; Privatization

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; FIRM OWNERSHIP; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PANEL DATA; PRIVATIZATION;

EID: 33846390955     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2007.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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