Defying the resource curse: Explaining successful state-owned enterprises in rentier states

World Politics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 261-301

  Hertog, Steffen ^a  

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POLITICAL ECONOMY; RENT CONTROL; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE;

EID: 77951951706     PISSN: 00438871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0043887110000055     Document Type: Article

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