The effects of privatization on productive efficiency: Evidence from the Baltic republics

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 415-439

  Jones, Derek C ^a   Mygind, Niels ^b  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

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EID: 0006042529     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8292.00147     Document Type: Article

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