Firm Growth and Legal Environment

Economic Notes

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Miroshnychenko, Ivan ^a   Bozzi, Stefano ^b   Barontini, Roberto ^c  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; FIRM SIZE; GROWTH RATE; INVESTMENT; LEGISLATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; POLICY MAKING;

EUROPE;

EID: 85056916199     PISSN: 03915026     EISSN: 14680300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecno.12116     Document Type: Article

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