Property rights imperfections and asset allocation: Co-ownership in Bulgaria

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-175

  Vranken, Liesbet ^a,b   Macours, Karen ^c,d   Noev, Nivelin ^e   Swinnen, Johan ^a,b  

^a LICOS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^d INRA   (France)

^e EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asset allocation; Land markets; Property rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957647257     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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