Why do some countries adopt market-oriented reforms such as deregulation, privatization and liberalization of …-history analysis of the determinants of reform in the telecommunications and electricity sectors of as many as 205 countries and …

does not receive support in the ownership but the indicator of voucher privatization supports it. The initial conditions … from early 90's were not the driving the financial distress. The voucher-scheme privatization results in poorer corporate …

We investigate whether competitive forces and privatization have yet began to play an efficiency-enhancing role in … conclude that privatization is having an impact on enterprise efficiency and restructuring but domestic market structure and …

This paper considers the Russian privatization process through the end of voucher privatization and examines how its … impossible due to the dearth of reliable data, it is feasible to analyze the institutional features of Russian privatization in … terms of their effect on redistribution of wealth. The attempt is made to consider distributional effects of privatization …

particular) where privatization is often opaque and businesspeople may receive property, but remain unwilling to use it … conducted in Russia in February 2005, I find that the original sin of an illegal privatization is difficult to expunge …

According to leading economic theorists, creating capitalism out of communism requires rapid privatization. In this … article we empirically test the welfare implications of privatization policies in Post-Soviet countries by using cross …-national panel mortality data as an indicator of social costs. We find that rapid privatization – whether measured by a novel measure …

Post-privatization restructuring of former state-owned enterprises (FSOEs) encompasses both shorter-run "defensive …