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Privatization Methods and Economic Growth in Transition Economies

Bennett, John; Estrin, Saul; Maw, James; Urga, Giovanni - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

sector and capital market development, on economic growth in transition economies. Mass privatization is found to be the only …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005067521

Privatization in Hungary: Past, Present and Future

Gatsios, Konstantine - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

The paper examines privatization in Hungary over the last decade. It investigates the `spontaneous privatization' of the late 1980s and its relation to today's privatization efforts. It studies the changes in the economic structure of Hungary since 1988, and provides detailed information...

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Avenues of Technology Transfer: Foreign Investment and Productivity Change in the Czech Republic

Djankov, Simeon; Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

Firm-level data for the Czech Republic during 1992–6 suggest that foreign investment has tended to flow to firms of above average size, initial profitability and initial labour productivity. After controlling for this selection bias, we find that foreign investment has a positive, but...

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Fuzzy Transition and Firm Efficiency: Evidence from Bulgaria, 1991-4

Djankov, Simeon; Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

This paper investigates the relationship between firm restructuring and international competition in Bulgaria during 1991–4. Two hypotheses are tested. First, firms in industries that are subject to significant international competition demonstrate greater increases in efficiency over time...

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Output and Exports in Transition Economies: A Labour Management Model

Estrin, Saul; Hare, Paul G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

The behaviour of an oligopolistic industry in a transition economy is analysed, assuming that the firms are labour …

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The Determinants of Asset Stripping: Theory and Evidence from the Transition Economies

Campos, Nauro F; Giovannoni, Francesco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

During the transition from plan to market, managers and politicians succeeded in maintaining control of large parts of … ability to influence law enforcement. Our econometric results, for about 950 firms in five transition economies, provide …

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The Reallocation of Workers and Jobs in Russian Industry: New Evidence on Measures and Determinants

Brown, J David; Earle, John S - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

adjustments have become more sensitive to adjustment costs during the transition, but worker and manager ownership are associated …

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Competition Enhancing Policies and Infrastructure: Evidence from Russia

Brown, J David; Earle, John S - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This Paper investigates whether the efficiency effect of product market dispersion is a function of the infrastructural and policy environment. We hypothesise that more developed transportation and communication infrastructure and lower government regulation may reduce transaction costs,...

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Do Markets Favour Women's Human Capital More Than Planners?

Münich, Daniel; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

communism (1989), in mid-transition (1996) and in late/post-transition (2002). We show: dramatic increases in returns to … returns to education obtained during communism vs. transition; no change in wage-experience profiles over time; and similar … the planners did; all the adjustment occurred in early transition and was driven by market forces rather than private …

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Growing like China

Song, Zheng Michael; Storesletten, Kjetil; Zilibotti, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

-productivity sector, and attracts an increasing employment share. During the transition, low wage growth sustains the return to capital …

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