## Abstract Aspects of the privatization experience are analysed for a group of 35 low or middleβincome developing countries, over the period 1982 through 1999. The theory turns on net political benefits, which in our model are the primary determinant of privatization policies. The decision to priv
Time-Consistent Polities and Growth in Developing Countries: An Empirical Analysis
β Scribed by James L. Butkiewicz; Halit Yanikkaya
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 231 KB
- Volume
- 143
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1610-2878
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