Machiavellian privatization

American Economic Review

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 240-258

  Biais, Bruno ^a   Perotti, Enrico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0001290043     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282802760015694     Document Type: Article

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