Helping hand or grabbing hand? State bureaucracy and privatization effectiveness

American Political Science Review

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 264-283

  Brown, J David ^a   Earle, John S ^b   Gehlbach, Scott ^c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 67651122931     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055409090182     Document Type: Article

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