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The impact of privatization on efficiency and profitability

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  • Wendong Shi & Jingwei Sun, 2016. "The impact of privatization on efficiency and profitability," The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vol. 24(3), pages 393-420, July.
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