The political economy of mass privatization and the risk of expropriation

European Economic Review

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 393-421

  Schmidt, Klaus M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Expropriation; Mass privatization; Political economy; Transition

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC PLANNING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PRIVATIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033964607     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(98)00080-4     Document Type: Article

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