State-Owned Enterprises in Emerging Europe : The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly /

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) play an important role in Emerging Europe's economies, notably in the energy and transport sectors. Based on a new firm-level dataset, this paper reviews the SOE landscape, assesses SOE performance across countries and vis-a-vis private firms, and evaluates recent...

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Yazar: Bower, Uwe
Materyal Türü: Dergi
Dil:English
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017.
Seri Bilgileri:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/221
Online Erişim:Full text available on IMF
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