Property rights protection and corporate R&D: Evidence from China

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-62

  Lin, Chen ^a   Lin, Ping ^b,c   Song, Frank ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Corporate R D; Government grabbing hand; Property rights protection

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); FINANCE; FIRM SIZE; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; OWNERSHIP; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 77953361735     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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