The welfare and political economy dimensions of private versus state enterprise

Manchester School

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 246-261

  Cook, Paul ^a   Fabella, Raul V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0040078253     PISSN: 14636786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9957.00294     Document Type: Article

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