The productivity effects of privatization: Longitudinal estimates from Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-99

  Brown, J David ^a   Earle, John S ^b   Telegdy, Álmos ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; NATIONAL TRADE; PRIVATIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; ROMANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UKRAINE;

EID: 33644510411     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499547     Document Type: Article

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