Lobbying or information provision: Which functions of associations matter most for member performance?

Eastern European Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 30-63

  Sukiassyan, Grigor ^a   Nugent, Jeffrey B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; LOBBYING; MARKET CONDITIONS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 79955640305     PISSN: 00128775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/EEE0012-8775490202     Document Type: Article

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