monopolist to study the effects of privatization on steady state levels of income. We allow for public sector inefficiencies … relative inefficiency of public firms and the amount of public investment. Furthermore, the gains from privatization are found … to be strongly related to the balance sheet of the public firm that is privatized. Privatization of public firms which …

investigates the case of a large privatized firm subject to many policy constraints. The last steps of Telefonica's privatization … documented phenomenon both in this study and in the cross-country literature on privatization; e.g. political ends in … privatization, influence in appointments, golden shares) as the most visible part of such collusion. Liberalization and multi …

jumped after deregulation, and new types of complaints such as unauthorized switching of service (“slamming”) arose. Failure … existing customer base. Higher prices for low- income consumers: Since deregulation begain in 1990, there has been a marked …

both traditional cost minimization models and newer models that reflect industry deregulation processes. The oldest …