China's WTO Accession and Long-Term Profitability of Chinese Firms

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-73

  Jiang, Neng ^a   Kattuman, Paul A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Competition; Convergence; Profitability; Volatility; WTO Accession

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857086144     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13571516.2012.642638     Document Type: Article

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