. 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 …

market system, to wit, Albania. It is argued that the politico-economic system there is characterized by the existence of …

manufacturing sector after privatization. It starts with the argumentation that the most important actors in the post-privatization … ownership structure in the Czech Republic were investment privatization funds, followed by the state, and that the ‘rules of the … leads to the hypothesis that the concentration-restructuring function in the post- privatization Czech environment is …

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 …

In this paper we look at the specific features of the delayed privatization in Kosovo, emphasising in particular two … privatization in the early 1990s in a limited number of SOEs in the Gjakova region based on a survey of these enterprises, and iii …) the critical assessment of the privatization proposals and the challenges in continuing the ongoing privatization process …

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. …