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Determinants of private investments in Turkey: Examining the role of democracy Cover

Determinants of private investments in Turkey: Examining the role of democracy

By: Selçuk Akçay and  Alper Karasoy  
Open Access
|May 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/revecp-2020-0002 | Journal eISSN: 1804-1663 | Journal ISSN: 1213-2446
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