The effects of business environments on development: Surveying new firm-level evidence

World Bank Research Observer

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 310-340

  Xu, Lixin Colin ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENT; WORLD BANK;

EID: 79961213286     PISSN: 02573032     EISSN: 15646971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wbro/lkq012     Document Type: Article

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