The impact of public ownership and competition on productivity

Kyklos

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 495-517

  González Páramo, José Manuel ^a   De Cos, Pablo Hernández ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); INDUSTRY; OWNERSHIP; PRIVATE SECTOR; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 28144462061     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0023-5962.2005.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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