Effects of public ownership over firms' size and overstaffing problems

Public Choice

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 1-31

  Nombela, Gustavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

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EID: 0035637971     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017511029441     Document Type: Article

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