The effects of federalism on productivity in Chinese firms

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-61

  Dougherty, Sean M ^a   McGuckin, Robert H ^b  

^a OECD   (France)

^b Conference Board ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Federalism; Jurisdiction; Ownership; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 68849114977     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2007.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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