Incumbents and protectionism: The political economy of foreign entry liberalization

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 633-656

  Chari, Anusha ^a   Gupta, Nandini ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entry deregulation; Foreign direct investment; Industry concentration; Privatization; State ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 46049096723     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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