Law, finance and development: Further analyses of longitudinal data

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 325-346

  Sarkar, Prabirjit ^a,b   Singh, Ajit ^b,c  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Law and finance; Shareholder protection; Stock market development

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; DATA SET; FINANCIAL MARKET; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; STAKEHOLDER; STOCK MARKET;

FRANCE; GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950924853     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bep055     Document Type: Article

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