Does corporate ownership structure matter for economic growth? A cross-country analysis

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 155-172

  Kapopoulos, Panayotis ^a   Lazaretou, Sophia ^b  

^a Division of Emporiki Bank   (Greece)

^b BANK OF GREECE   (Greece)

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EID: 66649135025     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1442     Document Type: Article

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