Politics and privatization in Central and Eastern Europe: A panel data analysis Bjørnskov and Potrafke Politics and Privatization in Central and Eastern Europe

Economics of Transition

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-230

  Bjørnskov, Christian ^a   Potrafke, Niklas ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; Ideology; Panel data; Privatization

Indexed keywords

IDEOLOGY; MARKET TRANSITION; OECD; PANEL DATA; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICS; PRIVATIZATION; SOCIALISM;

EUROPE;

EID: 79952689958     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2010.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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