study beliefs about the benefits of the privatization of water services amongst low and middle income groups immediately … after the 2006 nationalization. Negative opinions about the privatization prevail. These are particularly strong amongst … households that did not benefit from the privatization and amongst households that were reminded of the government's negative …

contrast to the "privatization premium" found in earlier work, we find a negative effect of government ownership on returns at … that personal ties can substitute for the benefits of government ownership. The "privatization discount" is higher for … relatively high welfare payments to employees, which presumably would fall with privatization, benefit disproportionately from …

We examine the effect of regime change on privatization using the 2004 election surprise in India. The pro-reform BJP … slated for definite privatization by the BJP dropped by 3.5 percent relative to private firms. Surprisingly, government …-controlled companies that were only under study for possible privatization fell by 7.5 percent relative to private firms. We interpret this …

the market. In particular, we look at whether speed of privatization, legal institutions or initial conditions are more … endogeneity, confused issues of speed and level of privatization, and did not face up to the problems of multicollinearity. Our … results suggest that, contrary to the earlier literature, the speed of privatization is negatively associated with growth, but …

investigate the demand for the rule of law in post-Communist economies after privatization under the assumption that theft is … reform may not emerge because the expectation of weak legal institutions increases the expected relative return to stripping …