Foreign investor participation in privatizations: Does the institutional environment matter?

Journal of Financial Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 129-146

  Boubakri, Narjess ^a   Cosset, Jean Claude ^a   Guedhami, Omrane ^b   Omran, Mohammed ^c  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c Egypt Mansoura University   (Egypt)

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EID: 33846894044     PISSN: 02702592     EISSN: 14756803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6803.2007.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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