Does ownership affect firms' efficiency? Panel data evidence on Italy

Empirical Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 769-786

  Bottasso, Anna ^a   Sembenelli, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Panel data; Type of ownership

Indexed keywords

FIRM OWNERSHIP; MANUFACTURING; PANEL DATA; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 8644274738     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-004-0210-z     Document Type: Article

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