Privatisation in Ireland: Lessons from a European economy

Privatisation in Ireland: Lessons from a European Economy

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-269

  Palcic, Dónal ^a   Reeves, Eoin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230297579     Document Type: Book

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