The effects of market liberalization and privatization on Chinese telecommunications

China Economic Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 210-220

  Zheng, Shilin ^a   Ward, Michael R ^b  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Competition; Privatization; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955069028     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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