Legal Protection, Corruption and Private Equity Returns in Asia

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 95, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 173-193

  Cumming, Douglas ^a   Fleming, Grant ^b,c   Johan, Sofia ^d   Takeuchi, Mai ^e  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Partner   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC)   (Netherlands)

^e East Tower   (Japan)

Author keywords

buyouts; corruption; law and finance; returns

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958038780     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0853-6     Document Type: Article

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