The political economy of wealth and interest

Economic Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 523, 2007, Pages 1403-1422

  Grüner, Hans Peter ^a   Schils, Rüdiger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b RWE POWER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRM OWNERSHIP; INTEREST RATE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34848876944     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02088.x     Document Type: Article

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