What makes a joint venture: micro evidence from Sino-Italian contracts
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- Gattai, Valeria & Natale, Piergiovanna, 2013. "What makes a joint venture: Micro-evidence from Sino-Italian contracts," Review of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 22(4), pages 194-205.
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Keywords
contract incompleteness; China; Italy; joint venture;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
- F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-TRA-2012-11-24 (Transition Economics)
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