The early stages of reform in Polish manufacturing: Structural adjustment, ownership and size

Economics of Transition

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 157-177

  Barbone, Luca ^a   Marchetti, Domenico J ^b   Paternostro, Stefano ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Business cycle; Labour productivity; Poland; Private sector; Structural adjustment; Variance decomposition

Indexed keywords

LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MANUFACTURING; PRIVATE SECTOR; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT;

POLAND;

EID: 0033018169     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0351.00008     Document Type: Article

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