Reverse Privatization as a Reaction to the Competitive Environment: Evidence from Solid Waste Collection in Germany
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- Juri Demuth & Hans W. Friederiszick & Steffen Reinhold, 2018. "Reverse privatization as a reaction to the competitive environment: Evidence from solid waste collection in Germany," ESMT Research Working Papers ESMT-18-02, ESMT European School of Management and Technology.
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Reverse privatization; Solid waste collection; Mixed oligopoly; State-owned enterprises; Competition law enforcement; Logit regression;All these keywords.
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