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Do public sector reforms get rusty? An empirical analysis on privatization of solid waste collection
Bel, Germa; Costas, Anton - EconWPA - 2004
concentration and bidding competition decrease in the privatized sector may have outweighed eventual gains coming from privatization …. On the other hand, the threat that privatization may represent for public unit managers may have stimulated them to … recent privatization are associated with lower costs. Instead, old privatization is not associated with lower costs. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125882
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Sviluppo e riforme in Cile: apertura commerciale, fondi pensione e privatizzazione dei servizi/REFORMS AND DEVELOPMENT IN CHILE: Macro considerations on Int'l Trade, Pension Funds...
Panizza, Andrea de - EconWPA - 2003
This paper examines the growth pattern followed by the Chilean economy with reference to the macroeconomic reforms undertaken during the Pinochet regime, which were largely maintained by successive democratic administrations and partially reproduced by neighbouring countries. The focus is on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126348
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Privatization in Sub-Saharan Africa: Some Lessons from Experiences to Date
Buchs, Thierry - EconWPA - 2005
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 … a time when public opposition to further privatization is growing, this paper aims at giving a broad overview of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005413292
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Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Bolivia, 1990- 1998
Flexner, Nikolai - EconWPA - 2003
This paper employs ordinary least squares (OLS) estimation to examine the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) and the effect of FDI on per capita GDP growth in Bolivia over the period 1990:1-1998:4. The regression results find that the real effective multilateral exchange rate, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561297
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CIRCULAR VARIABLE WORK IN PROCESS
Vildosola, Luis - EconWPA - 2002
This work is focused on identifying a circular pull production control system (PPCS) and make emphasis on the presence of a stability attribute. It is an introductory paper to an extended study of macroeconomic financial stability in a physically open but systemic closed system. Previous work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126234
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Financial contagion, interest rates and the role of the exchange rate as shock absorber in Central and Eastern Europe
Habib, Maurizio Michael - EconWPA - 2002
This paper studies the impact of external factors on daily exchange rates and short-term interest rates in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland during the period August 1997 – May 2001. I find that neither exchange rates nor interest rates are influenced by short-term German interest rates....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125528
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Causes and consequences of the 1982 Third World Debt Crisis
Stambuli, P. Kalonga - EconWPA - 2002
This paper investigates underlying causes of the debt crisis that only surfaced with Mexico’s unilateral moratorium on her foreign obligations in 1982. The paper investigates the evolutionary trend of LDC debt and the consequences for lenders, borrowers and the international financial system....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125557
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Human Capital: Infrastructural and Superstructural Constraints to Economic Performance across U.S. Native American Reservations and Trust Lands
Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich S - EconWPA - 2004
The current research emphasis on institutions as key determinants of economic performance, rather than on resources and resource productivity, has uncovered important questions for further research. For example, if institutions are central to economic performance, then what explains observed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125631
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Economic Performance in a Cross-Section of U.S. Native American Economies
Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich S - EconWPA - 2004
Institutions either promote or constrain economic performance, but which parts of institutions advance or restrict performance, and why do economies sharing similar institutions sometimes perform differently? This paper is a modest attempt at addressing a small part of these questions. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125690
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Systems Analysis of Social Security in a Transition Economy: The Ukrainian case.
Dobronogov, Anton - EconWPA - 1999
This paper deals with a case study on the social security system in a transition economy in Ukraine. The severe socioeconomic crisis in Ukraine, including a huge decline of production, hyperinflation, and the informalization of the economy, caused both a substantial reduction of social security...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125983