Brown, J. David (contributor); Earle, John S. (contributor); … - 2004
We analyze the impact of privatization on multifactor productivity (MFP) using long panel data for nearly the universe … employing a wide variety of measurement approaches, we estimate that majority privatization raises MFP about 28% in Romania, 22 …%. Privatization to foreign rather than domestic investors has a larger impact (about 44%) and is much more consistent across countries …