The political economy of residual state ownership in privatized firms: Evidence from emerging markets

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 244-258

  Boubakri, Narjess ^a   Cosset, Jean Claude ^b   Guedhami, Omrane ^a,c   Saffar, Walid ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Control structure; Emerging markets; G32; G38; Performance; Political institutions; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751701626     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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