Market power, EU integration and privatization: The case of Romania

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 340-356

  Asaftei, Gabriel ^a   Parmeter, Christopher F ^b  

^a Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Markups; Semiparametric; Tariff barriers; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956231968     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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