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 …

. Privatization is in this modern era of market domination/new economy very much the buzzword. The perceived benefits of privatization … regarded as a public monopoly. Traditional theory tells us that privatization of a public monopoly neither ends the monopoly … power nor the possibility of the use of this power at the consumers expense. The absence of competition can thus induce the …

in privatization transactions despite some showcase transactions; fifth, regulation and competition have often been …Privatization became a central element of economic reforms in most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa during the 1990s …. Yet, empirical evidence regarding the impact of privatization remains scarce. Since the seminal work of CAMPBELL …

more lenient competition policy. …

depends on the relative competition profit. For medium values of the latter, the foreign country as well as the firms gain and …

reduces activities in the R&D sector. On the other hand, the enhanced competition for the equipment improves efficiency in the …

This paper considers the integration of competition policy and innovation policy in the context of R&D cooperation. An …&D in both regimes. The strength of these incentives is related to the degree of product market competition. We show that … there is a clear relationship between the degree of competition in the product market and the relative performance of firms …