The operating performance of newly privatised firms in central European transition economies

European Financial Management

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 853-879

  Aussenegg, Wolfgang ^a   Jelic, Ranko ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Operating performance; Privatisation; Self selection; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548994171     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2007.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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