Institutions matter: The case of Vietnam

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Tran, Thi Bich ^a   Grafton, R Quentin ^a   Kompas, Tom ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Institution; Non state firm; Property rights; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649193556     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2008.05.012     Document Type: Article

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