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Leviathan resists: the endogenous relationship between privatization and firm performance

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  • K. Arin
  • Mehmet Ulubaşoğlu

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  • K. Arin & Mehmet Ulubaşoğlu, 2009. "Leviathan resists: the endogenous relationship between privatization and firm performance," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 140(1), pages 185-204, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:pubcho:v:140:y:2009:i:1:p:185-204
    DOI: 10.1007/s11127-009-9418-y
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    Keywords

    Privatization; Firm performance; Simultaneous equations; O38; L32; L33;
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    JEL classification:

    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy
    • L32 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Public Enterprises; Public-Private Enterprises
    • L33 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprise and Nonprofit Institutions; Privatization; Contracting Out

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