The Privatization Decision: Do Public Managers Make a Difference?

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 146-163

  Van Slyke, David M ^a   Hammonds, Charles A ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Policy implementation; Privatization; Public management

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342487388     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074003251374     Document Type: Article

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