The privatization-corruption relationship is nonlinear: Evidence from 1985-2022 data on telecommunications in 103 countries
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- L33 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprise and Nonprofit Institutions; Privatization; Contracting Out
- D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
- L96 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Telecommunications
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