The efficiency of state-owned and privatized firms: Does ownership make a difference?

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 457-465

  Arocena, Pablo ^a   Oliveros, Diana ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Double bootstrapped DEA; Efficiency; Privatization; Public ownership

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE BOOTSTRAPPED DEA; DOUBLE BOOTSTRAPS; PUBLIC OWNERSHIP; STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRY;

PRIVATIZATION;

EID: 84865677995     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.06.029     Document Type: Article

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