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The risk-sharing role of Japanese keiretsu business groups: evidence from restructuring in the 1990s

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  • Dewenter, Kathryn L., 2003. "The risk-sharing role of Japanese keiretsu business groups: evidence from restructuring in the 1990s," Japan and the World Economy, Elsevier, vol. 15(3), pages 261-274, August.
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