Privatisation: Politics, institutions, and financial markets

Emerging Markets Review

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 109-137

  Bortolotti, Bernardo ^a,b   Fantini, Marcella ^b,c   Siniscalco, Domenico ^a,b,d  

^a FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^d CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Budget deficit; Capital markets; D72; Enforcement of law; G15; H6; Investor protection; K22; L33; Politics; Privatisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001660284     PISSN: 15660141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1566-0141(01)00013-9     Document Type: Article

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