Property rights regimes and firm behavior: Theory versus evidence

China's Domestic Private Firms: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Management and Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 97-119

  Zhou, Xueguang ^a   Cai, He ^b   Li, Qiang ^c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

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