The anglo-saxon market for corporate control: The financial system and international competitiveness

Competitiveness Matters: Industry and Economic Performance in the U.S.

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 89-105

  Singh, Ajit ^a  

^a QUEENS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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