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The question we address in this paper is why the Japanese miracle didn't take place until after World War II. For much of the pre-WWII period, Japan's real GNP per worker was not much more than a third of that of the U.S., with falling capital intensity. We argue that its major cause is a...
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We examine the role of structural change in the economic development of Vietnam from 1990 to 2008. Structural change accounted for a third of the growth in aggregate labor productivity during this period, which averaged 5.1 percent per annum. We discuss the role of reforms in agriculture,...
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"This paper studies the cycles of nationalization and privatization in resource-rich economies. We discuss available … evidence on the drivers and consequences of privatization and nationalization, review the existing literature, and present … of the observed cycles of privatization and nationalization, and is consistent with a variety of observed phenomena …
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investigate the demand for the rule of law in post-Communist economies after privatization under the assumption that theft is …
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In 1997, France T‚l‚com, the state-owned French telephone company, went through a partial privatization. The government …
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Many advocates of social security privatization argue that rates of return under a defined contribution individual … riskiness of stock investments. Confusion arises because three distinct reforms are muddled. By privatization we mean creating … about a quarter of all social security contributions, in perpetuity. Unlike privatization, prefunding would raise rates of …
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This paper studies the market provision of a specific type of public good: radio and television broadcasts. Its main focus is to explore the ability of the market to provide broadcasting efficiently in a world in which broadcasters earn revenues by selling time to advertisers and advertisements...
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