Corporate governance as political insurance: Firm-level institutional creation in emerging markets and beyond

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-98

  Markus, Stanislav ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Emerging markets; Institution building; Property rights; State business relations; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 37749006395     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwl036     Document Type: Article

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