Firm growth and political institutions
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- Narjess Boubakri & Sadok El Ghoul & Walid Saffar, "undated". "Firm Growth and Political Institutions," Finance Working Papers 11-11/2013, School of Business Administration, American University of Sharjah.
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Political institutions; Legal institutions; Firm growth;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G18 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Government Policy and Regulation
- G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
- G38 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Government Policy and Regulation
- P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
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