How does privatization work? Evidence from the Russian shops

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 764-790

  Barberis, Nicholas ^a   Boycko, Maxim ^b   Shleifer, Andrei ^a   Tsukanova, Natalia ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Russian Privatization Center   (Russian Federation)

^c BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; PRIVATISATION; RETAIL SECTOR; SERVICE SECTOR;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0030456301     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/262042     Document Type: Article

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