Czech mate: Expropriation and investor protection in a converging world

Review of Finance

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 221-251

  Desai, Mihir A ^a   Moel, Alberto ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Monitor Group

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EID: 44849132483     PISSN: 15723097     EISSN: 1573692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rof/rfl005     Document Type: Article

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