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Privatization in Italy 1993-2002 : goals, institutions, outcomes, and outstanding issues
Goldstein, Andrea - 2003
This paper describes the privatization program in Italy during the 1990s and puts that policy in the context of … attempts at privatization of the 1980s, delaying until 1992 the start of largescale privatizations. These were imposed on … analysis of the consequences of privatization on corporate governance show that, notwithstanding considerable changes in the …
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Voter support for privatizing education : evidence on self-interest and ideology
Merzyn, Wolfram; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2003
Economic theory advances various arguments in favor of and against privatizing education. In this paper we investigate the extent to which these arguments influence voters opinions. We analyze two popular referenda in which some 400,000 voters in two Swiss cantons expressed their opinions on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011508114
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External constraints matter for privatizations
Petrarca, Ilaria; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2014
We present an analysis of the share of public ownership in the product market in the OECD countries from 1974 to 2007. Despite much has been said on the broad topic of reforms and regulation, a sector-specific insight is missing. We replicate the analysis of Galasso (2014) by sector of activity...
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Privatising network industries
Newbery, David M. G. - 2004
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Privatization in Austria : some theoretical reasons and first results about the privatization proceeds
Belke, Ansgar; Schneider, Friedrich - 2004
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Privatization under asymmetric information
Bös, Dieter - 2000
This paper models privatization as a cooperative game between the government, a trade union and the private … shareholders. These players kno w that privatization increases the efficiency of a firm, but only the management of the firm knows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781518
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The big sell : privatizing East Germany's economy
Mergele, Lukas; Hennicke, Moritz; Lubczyk, Moritz - 2020
within less than five years. We examine whether the privatization authority followed its mandate to privatize competitive … investors, and are more likely to remain in business even 20 years after leaving public ownership. The privatization agency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012287328
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Income inequality and oligarchs in Russian regions : a note
Fidrmuc, Jarko; Gundacker, Lidwina - 2017
We trace the rise of the so called oligarchs in post-Soviet Russia and examine their relationship to income distribution in Russia. When Russia moved to a market economy in the 1990s a new business elite evolved. Russia's distinctive path towards market economy, among other factors, gave rise to...
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Privatizing disability insurance
Seibold, Arthur; Seitz, Sebastian; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2022
Public disability insurance (DI) programs in many countries face pressure to reduce their generosity in order to remain sustainable. In this paper, we investigate the welfare effects of giving a larger role to private insurance markets in the face of public DI cuts. Exploiting a unique reform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013384709
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Privatizations spark socialist backlash : evidence from East Germany's transformation
Hager, Anselm; Hennicke, Moritz; Krause, Werner; … - 2022
lackluster economic performance? This paper points to the rushed privatization of East European economies as one plausible driver …
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