performance after privatization in the Czech Republic. We find weak evidence for the presence of managerial incentives: only in … 1997, three to four years after privatization, does poor performance significantly increase the probability of managerial …

privatization, but most respondents prefer to leave firms in private hands. We examine who wants to revise privatization and why …. Respondents with poor human capital and few assets support revising privatization due to a preference for state over private … property. Economic hardships during transition increase support for revising privatization due to the perceived unfairness of …

We analyse politically motivated privatization design in a bipartisan environment where politicians lack commitment … power. Suppose the median class voters a priori favour redistributive policies. If the privatization programme succeeds in …, the larger the necessary underpricing. When inequalities are large this leads to voucher privatization. Shifting the …

state, post-communist privatization and other situations. …

China’s reform worked and produced some of the most impressive growth in the largest developing and transition economy … in the world in the past twenty-two years. That China has managed to grow so rapidly despite the absence of many … initial conditions and to function as stepping stones in the transition toward the goal. Underlying China’s reform is a serial …