Property rights protection, corporate transparency, and growth

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1533-1562

  Durnev, Art ^a   Errunza, Vihang ^a   Molchanov, Alexander ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Business performance; Corporate governance; Financial and industrial structure; Political risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 70649094430     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2009.58     Document Type: Article

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