The Spanish privatisation process: Implications on the performance of divested firms

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 390-409

  Cabeza García, Laura ^a   Gómez Ansón, Silvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Firms' efficiency; Firms' performance; Liberalisation; Privatisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548381655     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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