Contract enforcement and family control of business: Evidence from China

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 597-609

  Lu, Yi ^a   Tao, Zhigang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China's private enterprises; Contract enforcement; Family control of business

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350761687     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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