The effects of judicial strength and rule of law on portfolio investment in the developing world

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 609-630

  Staats, Joseph L ^a   Biglaiser, Glen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80051594454     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2011.00784.x     Document Type: Article

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