Privatisation in Australia: Understanding the incentives in public and private firms

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 313-328

  King, Stephen ^a   Pitchford, Rohan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL POLICY; POLICY MAKING; PRIVATIZATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032433066     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8462.00076     Document Type: Article

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