The rise and fall of employee ownership in Estonia, 1987-2001

Europe - Asia Studies

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1213-1239

  Kalmi, Panu ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNISM; EMPLOYMENT; FIRM OWNERSHIP; PRIVATIZATION;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 0346732033     PISSN: 09668136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966813032000141097     Document Type: Article

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