. We construct a newly digitized and geo-referenced dataset of battles in Europe, the Near East and North Africa covering …

evidence showing that (a) FDI inflows reduce the likelihood of privatization reversals, (b) worsened terms of trade increase …

-oriented issue of why a large number of efficient firms disappeared during mass privatization in a booming economy of Montenegro …. Econometrically, we present the first study to look at firms that disappeared during a mass privatization transition, improving upon … remaining in samples when estimating the effects of privatization or other ownership changes. We also show that one needs to …

We explore the impact of privatization and the entry of new firms on enterprise performance in Belarus, a transition …

data permit us to track the privatization process and to estimate the impact of privatization within industry-year cells … majority privatized versus state-owned firms. The gap increases with time since privatization, reaching about 15-17% five years … after privatization. It also increases with calendar time although recent privatizations are associated with smaller …

less educated and those born outside Europe, do not use the rating values to the same extent as others. It appears that …