This paper deals with the privatization, restructuring, and liquidation of East German industrial firms. A partnership … model is suggested for privatization where the Government’s property trust (Treuhandanstait (THA)) is made a silent partner …

Privatization promotes economic efficiency and growth, thereby reinforcing macroeconomic adjustment. In the short run … impacts and the fiscal implications of privatization. It then reviews various methods of privatization and finds that public …’ options for mitigating the social impact of privatization are surveyed, and experiences under adjustment programs reviewed …

This paper reviews a selection of studies on privatization experiences in transition countries. Empirical studies … is reviewed, along with the question of whether privatization efforts support or hinder de novo private sector …

Although a centerpiece of the reform process in Central and Eastern Europe, large-scale privatization cannot be … the allocative efficiency implications of alternate sequences of privatization in a reforming planned economy with two …

This paper discusses several proposals for a wholesale privatization of public enterprises in Eastern Europe. These … proposals include the distribution of ”vouchers” to private citizens as well as the use of mutual funds, privatization companies …

liberalization, privatization, and stabilization reforms. Theory predicts that decentralization may aggravate fiscal imbalances … over 19 years to address a central question of fact: Did privatization help to promote local governments’ fiscal discipline …? The answer is clearly ‘no’ for privatization considered in isolation. However, privatization and subnational fiscal …

reflect substantial business risks in those countries and that rapid privatization and commercialization may contribute to a …