Determinants of foreign ownership in newly privatized companies in transition economies

Financial Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 161-176

  Anderson, Christopher W ^a   Jandik, Tomas ^b   Makhija, Anil K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Block holders; Foreign investment; Ownership structure; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015030239     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.2001.tb00015.x     Document Type: Article

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