State versus Private Ownership

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 133-150

  Shleifer, Andrei ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000926338     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.12.4.133     Document Type: Article

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