Testing limits to policy reversal: Evidence from Indian privatizations

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 513-526

  Dastidar, Siddhartha G ^a   Fisman, Raymond ^a   Khanna, Tarun ^b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electoral turnover; Emerging markets; Government commitment; Government policy credibility; Layoffs

Indexed keywords

EID: 52049106356     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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