Privatization's impact on private productivity: The case of Brazilian iron ore

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 745-760

  Schmitz Jr , James A ^a   Teixeira, Arilton ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

^b Fundacao Capixaba de Pesquisa   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Privatization; Productivity; State owned enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 52149086563     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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