This paper provides an overview of the results of a project that evaluates the distributive impact of privatization in … four Latin America countries. The aim of the project was to estimate the effects of privatization on customers and workers … concerning the privatization process and data sources used for each specific country. All four countries have undergone …

service, the privatization of the telecommunications industry in Peru led to price changes that had an impact on consumer … welfare and that may be correlated with the negative public opinion of the privatization process. …

privatization on airport charges in a panel data setting where fixed effects can be employed to mitigate endogeneity concerns. Our …

In contrast to earlier literature, this paper finds empirical evidence that privatization has deteriorated fiscal … privatization, as it appears that tax revenue in many transition countries remained lackluster even after the adoption of several … privatization has affected tax revenues. Using panel data for 29 Eastern European and former Soviet Union countries, the analysis …

property rights and contracting rights protections contribute to stronger post-privatization performance. Second, we ask … public. We find an insignificant effect of privatization in ordinary least squares estimates and a negative short-term effect … after correcting for endogeneity of privatization decisions that disappears in the long run, consistent with recently …

consider privatization, deregulation in network-based services, and the cutback of subsidies. Though the empirical analysis … beta convergence indicates convergence only for privatization (measured by public employment) and for subsidization …