The Decision to Privatize: Finance and Politics

Journal of Finance

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 241-269

  Dinc, I Serdar ^a   Gupta, Nandini ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78650984864     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2010.01631.x     Document Type: Article

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