Corruption, growth, and governance: Private vs. state-owned firms in Vietnam

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2935-2948

  Nguyen, Thuy Thu ^a   van Dijk, Mathijs A ^b  

^a FOREIGN TRADE UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corruption; Governance; Growth; Private firms; State owned enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865821188     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2012.03.027     Document Type: Article

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