substitutability of market competition and private ownership in increasing firm efficiency. We analyse a simple Cournot model that … distinguishes two aspects of privatization interacting with market opening: privatization of a firm and privatization of its … competition, and thus that competition only among state-owned enterprises may be ineffectual in stimulating them to increase …

government regulation may reduce transaction costs, intensifying the competition associated with a given market structure, and we …

varies across regions. We study the effects of privatization, the importance of different types of owners, the effects of … foreign and domestic competition, the consequences of soft budgets, and the role of managerial incentives and managerial human …

Using a new data set of the telecommunications sector on privatization (1981-98 for 167 countries) and competition … policies (1990-98 for roughly 50 countries), this Paper investigates the political economy determinants of privatization and … liberalization in the telecommunications sector. Building on the framework of a generalized private interest theory, we derive …

. However, privatization may increase quality by fostering performance-improving innovation, particularly if combined with … increased competition. We assemble a large data set on elderly care services in Sweden between 1990 and 2009 and estimate how … difference-in-difference-in-difference approach. The results indicate that privatization and the associated increase in …

; corporate governance; market structures and competition; and financial constraints. We conclude that private ownership and …

impact of several dimensions of market competition and other factors on enterprise efficiency. We analyse 1992-1998 panel …, intensity, time path, and survival effects of competitive pressures. We find large, positive effects on TFP from competition in …

WTO members are starting to consider whether and how to develop multilateral disciplines on competition policies. These … competition existing on member country markets. We argue in this paper that collection of simple measures of industrial structure … and import penetration would be useful in characterizing the 'conditions of competition' that prevail in an economy …