Where do firms incorporate? Deregulation and the cost of entry
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- Marco Becht & Colin Mayer & Hannes F. Wagner, 2008. "Where do firms incorporate? Deregulation and the cost of entry," OFRC Working Papers Series 2008fe04, Oxford Financial Research Centre.
- Colin Mayer & Marco Becht, 2008. "Where Do Firms Incorporate? Deregulation and the Cost of Entry," Economics Series Working Papers 2008fe04, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
- Marco Becht & Colin Mayer & Hannes F. Wagner, 2008. "Where do firms incorporate? Deregulation and the cost of entry," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/13306, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
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