“The Affinity between Ownership Forms and Coordination Mechanisms. The Common Experience of Reform in Socialist Countries“, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 1990, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 131-147. Original: 5.81, in Hungarian, 1990.

Kornai János: “The Affinity between Ownership Forms and Coordination Mechanisms. The Common Experience of Reform in Socialist Countries“, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 1990, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 131-147. Original: 5.81, in Hungarian, 1990.

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