Judicial quality, contract intensity and trade: Firm-level evidence from developing and transition countries

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 146-159

  Ma, Yue ^a   Qu, Baozhi ^b   Zhang, Yifan ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Contract intensity; Institutions; International trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953121195     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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