Privatization and output behavior during the transition: Methods matter!

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-34

  Gouret, Fabian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

Author keywords

Methods; Privatization; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047164482     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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