Do market pressures induce economic efficiency? the case of slovenian manufacturing, 1994-2001

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 553-576

  Orazem, Peter F ^a   Vodopivec, Milan ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Jel codes: o4; L1; P3

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449372635     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4284/sej.2009.76.2.553     Document Type: Article

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