their private peers, and that privatization has increased productivity. "--World Bank web site … obtain measures of bank level productivity by employing the techniques due to Levinsohn and Petrin (2003). They then relate … such measures to a set of bank characteristics. Their main results indicate that state-owned banks are less productive than …

--is part of a larger effort in the group to study the effects of bank privatization in developing countries"--World Bank web …"Beck, Cull, and Jerome assess the effect of privatization on performance in a panel of Nigerian banks for the period …

"The paper evaluates the effects of privatization in the post-communist economies and China. In post …-communist economies privatization to foreign owners results in a rapid improvement in performance of firms, while performance effects of … privatization to domestic owners are less impressive and vary across regions, coinciding with differences in policies and …

"The paper analyzes governments' tradeoff between fiscal benefits and consumer surplus in privatization reforms of … noncompetitive industries in developing countries. Under privatization, the control rights are transferred to private interests so … developing countries, tight budget constraints imply that privatization may be optimal for low profitability segments. For highly …

"The authors analyze the impact of privatization on the performance of 116 electric utilities in 10 Latin American … the first systemic analysis of the impact of privatization on the distribution of the electricity sector. Second, it … picture of the effects of privatization on consumers. Fourth, this research covers a longer period of time, and evaluates …

alternative will not grow unless rent, management, and tax reforms are boldly implemented and housing privatization truly … completed. "--World Bank web site …

"This paper takes stock of recent privatization trends, examines the extent to which government ownership is still … 2003, 120 developing countries carried out nearly 8,000 privatization transactions and raised …

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"The authors analyze the different options-liquidation, federalization, privatization, and restructuring-that the … the effects of the transformation process on bank performance and efficiency. The authors find that states that were more … had improved performance, while restructured banks did not. "--World Bank web site …