Delayed privatization

Public Choice

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 331-351

  Bortolotti, Bernardo ^a   Pinotti, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Political economy; Privatization; War of attrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349145224     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9299-5     Document Type: Article

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