Hanousek, Jan; Kocenda, Evzen; Svejnar, Jan - EconWPA - 2004
We use new firm-level data to examine the effects of spinoffs and privatization on corporate performance in a rapidly … spinoffs increase the firm’s profitability but do not alter its scale of operations, while the effect of privatization … consistent with tunneling (looting) by managers or (partial) owners. The effects of privatization are hence much less clear …