This paper deals with the privatization, restructuring, and liquidation of East German industrial firms. A partnership … model is suggested for privatization where the Government’s property trust (Treuhandanstait (THA)) is made a silent partner …

liberalization, privatization, and stabilization reforms. Theory predicts that decentralization may aggravate fiscal imbalances … over 19 years to address a central question of fact: Did privatization help to promote local governments’ fiscal … discipline? The answer is clearly ‘no’ for privatization considered in isolation. However, privatization and subnational …