Ownership, business environment and productivity change

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 498-509

  Asaftei, Gabriel ^a   Kumbhakar, Subal C ^b   Mantescu, Dorin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ministry of Finance   (Romania)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Institutional change; Privatization; Productivity; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849128155     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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