models imply that majority privatization raises MFP about 15% in Romania, 8% in Hungary, and 2% in Ukraine, while in Russia … years after privatization to emerge in Russia. -- privatization ; productivity ; foreign ownership ; random growth model … ; transition ; Hungary ; Romania ; Russia ; Ukraine …

; Lithuania ; Romania ; Russia ; Ukraine …

privatization in postcommunist Russia. Taking advantage of large regional variation in the size of public administrations, and … institutional support and less corruption when bureaucracies are large. -- privatization ; bureaucracy ; economic reform ; Russia …

Russia, Romania, and Estonia to measure nonstandard, boundary forms and alternative definitions of labor force status. Our … official definitions in apparently minor ways can produce alternative employment rates that are sharply higher in Russia but … and moderately higher in Estonia and Russia. …

Russia, facilitating identification through fixed effects for employees, employers, and local labor markets, and instrumental … ; neighborhood effect ; social interactions ; multiple equilibria ; network externality ; transition ; Russia …

Hungary and Russia are small (3-5%) negative wage effects found. Privatization to foreign investors has positive estimated … effects of all types in Russia and Ukraine. The positive employment outcome under foreign ownership results from a substantial … ; Romania ; Russia ; Ukraine …

% in Hungary, and 3% in Ukraine, with some variation across specifications, while in Russia it lowers it about 4 … ambiguous even after 5 years in Russia. Pre-privatization MFP exceeds that of firms remaining state-owned in all countries … ; Romania ; Russia ; Ukraine ; transition …

complementarity in the practice. The model is estimated on panel data for workers and firms in Russia, facilitating identification … ; network externality ; strategic complementarity ; transition ; Russia …