The quality of the legal system, firm ownership, and firm size

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 601-614

  Laeven, Luc ^a   Woodruff, Christopher ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 36448930136     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.89.4.601     Document Type: Article

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