Hierarchy of governance institutions and the pecking order of privatisation: Central–Eastern Europe and Central Asia reconsidered

Post-Communist Economies

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 399-423

  Mickiewicz, Tomasz M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78149378457     PISSN: 14631377     EISSN: 14653958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14631370903339823     Document Type: Article

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