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Privatization and Quality: Evidence from Elderly Care in Sweden
Bergman, Mats; Johansson, Per; Lundberg, Sofia; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
. 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084097
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Enterprise Restructuring in Transition: A Quantitative Survey
Djankov, Simeon; Murrell, Peter - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504282
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The Political Economy of Privatization and Competition: Cross-Country Evidence from the Telecommunications Sector
Colin Xu, Lixin; Li, Wei; Zhen-Wei Qiang, Christine - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504478
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Privatization, Competition and Reform Strategies: Theory and Evidence from Russian Enterprise Panel Data
Brown, J David; Earle, John S - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114270
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Competition And Firm Performance: Lessons From Russia
Brown, J David; Earle, John S - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661595
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The Determinants of Privatized Enterprise Performance in Russia
Angelucci, Manuela; Bevan, Alan; Estrin, Saul; Fennema, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
; corporate governance; market structures and competition; and financial constraints. We conclude that private ownership and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666814
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Market and Public Provision in the Presence of Human Capital Externalities
De Fraja, Gianni - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
This paper suggests that human capital externalities are important in determining whether goods and services should be privately or publicly provided. We study situations where that the cost incurred by an individual provider for providing quality is affected by the human capital of her...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124298
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'Build It or Not': Normative and Positive Theories of Public-Private Partnerships
Martimort, David; Pouyet, Jérôme - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
This paper analyzes whether the two tasks of building infrastructures which are socially useful and managing those assets should be bundled or not. When performances contracts can be written, both tasks should be performed altogether by the same firm when a better design of the infrastructure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136716
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A Theory of BOT Concession Contracts
Auriol, Emmanuelle; Picard, Pierre M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
In this paper, we discuss the choice for build-operate-and-transfer (BOT) concessions when governments and managers do not share the same information regarding the operation characteristics of a facility. We show that larger shadow costs of public funds and larger information asymmetries entice...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008921773
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Financial Protectionism: the First Tests
Rose, Andrew K; Wieladek, Tomasz - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We provide the first empirical tests for financial protectionism, defined as a nationalistic change in banks’ lending behaviour, as the result of public intervention, which leads domestic banks either to lend less or at higher interest rates to foreigners. We use a bank-level panel data set...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024484