Capabilities, routines, and East European economic reform: Hungary and Poland before and after the 1989 revolutions

Journal of Economic Issues

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1031-1056

  Swaan, Wim ^a   Lissowska, Maria ^a  

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EID: 0030367233     PISSN: 00213624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00213624.1996.11505864     Document Type: Review

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