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Outsourcing public services : contractibility, cost, and quality

Andersson, Fredrik N. G.; Jordahl, Henrik; Josephson, Jens - 2019

We review the literature on public sector outsourcing to explore if the theoretical predictions from the incomplete contracts literature hold up to recent empirical evidence. Guided by theory, we arrange services according to the type and magnitude of their contractibility problems. The...

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Reform redux : measurement, determinants and reversals

Campos, Nauro (contributor); Horváth, Roman (contributor) - 2006

We construct objective measures of privatization, internal and external liberalization reform efforts, across countries … external liberalization and privatization, concentration of political power drives internal liberalization, and democracy … estimated. -- reform : liberalization ; privatization ; political economy ; transition …

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Financial liberalization and democracy : the role of reform reversals

Campos, Nauro; Coricelli, Fabrizio - 2009

The relationship between economic and political liberalization has received a great deal of attention lately, yet the … function of de jure financial liberalization, this non-linearity obtains. -- Reform reversals ; political liberalization … ; economic liberalization ; financial reform …

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Competition reform and household welfare: a microsimulation analysis of the telecommunication sector in Ethiopia

Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos; Araar, Abdelkrim; … - 2021

This paper presents a novel method for estimating the likely welfare effects of competition reforms for both current and new consumers. Using household budget survey data for 2015/16 for Ethiopia and assuming a reform scenario that dilutes the market share of the state-owned monopoly to 45...

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Contracting out mandatory counselling and training for long-term unemployed : private for-profit or non-profit, or keep it public?

Cockx, Bart; Baert, Stijn - 2015

This study evaluates the effectiveness of contracting out mandatory publicly provided counselling and training for long-term unemployed in Flanders (Belgium) to private for-profit and non-profit organisations (FPOs and NPOs). A multivariate transition model exploits timing-of-events and novel...

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On the reversibility of structural reforms

Campos, Nauro; Horváth, Roman - 2012

wages and prices. -- reform reversals ; price liberalization ; trade liberalization ; privatization ; political economy … evidence showing that (a) FDI inflows reduce the likelihood of privatization reversals, (b) worsened terms of trade increase … the probability of external liberalization reversals and (c) labour strikes propel reversals in the liberalization of …

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Economic reforms and productivity-enhancing reallocation in the post-Soviet transition

Brown, J. David (contributor); Earle, John S. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Privatisation in developing countries : what are the lessons of recent experience?

Estrin, Saul; Pelletier, Adeline - 2016

This paper reviews recent empirical evidence on privatisation in developing countries. Particular emphasis is placed on new areas of research such as the distributional impacts of privatisation. Overall, the literature now reflects a more cautious and nuanced evaluation of privatisation. Thus it...

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Happy moves? : assessing the link between life satisfaction and emigration intentions

Ivlevs, Artjoms - 2015

It has been shown that higher levels of subjective well-being lead to greater work productivity, better physical health and enhanced social skills. Because of these positive externalities, policymakers across the world should be interested in attracting and retaining happy and life-satisfied...

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When does FDI have positive spillovers? : evidence from 17 transition market economies

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Švejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine D. - 2013

We use rich firm-level data and national input-output tables from 17 countries over the 2002-2005 period to test new and existing hypotheses about the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the efficiency of domestic firms in the host country (i.e., spillovers). We document that backward...

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