On the sequencing of privatization in transition economies

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-151

  Ahuja, Gautam ^a   Majumdar, Sumit K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 3042824462     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/7.1.109     Document Type: Article

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