Convergence in Public Sector Upsizing/Downsizing: An Analysis of Post-Communist Countries and the EU

2018-12-01
International Journal of Emerging and Transitioning Economies

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Citation Formats
S. K. Çınar, “Convergence in Public Sector Upsizing/Downsizing: An Analysis of Post-Communist Countries and the EU,” International Journal of Emerging and Transitioning Economies, pp. 1–17, 2018, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/86821.