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Privatization in Austria: Some theoretical reasons and performance measures

Schneider, Friedrich; Belke, Ansgar - 2004

The issues of privatization (and sometimes deregulation) have been reviewed in a large literature on the various … aspects of privatization, that has emphasized the potential efficiency gains. Hence, we provide some theoretical reasoning why … privatization is useful as well as profitable for an economy and empirically present the extent of privatization in Austria and …

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Privatisation and renationalisation: What went wrong in Bolivia's water sector?

Hailu, Degol; Osório, Rafael Guerreiro; Tsukada, Raquel - 2009

This paper investigates the concentration of access to safe water across income levels in Bolivia. In particular, it focuses on how privatisation has changed coverage, affordability and the concentration of access to water on the part of the poor. We compare the performance of cities in which...

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The different extent of privatisation proceeds in EU countries: A preliminary explanation using a public choice approach

Belke, Ansgar; Baumgärtner, Frank; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2006

This paper empirically investigates the differences in the motives of raising privatisation proceeds for a panel of EU countries from 1990 to 2000. More specifically, we test whether privatisations can be mainly interpreted (a) as ingredients of a larger reform package of economic liberalisation...

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Is Privatization Enough? Finding Performance Breaks for UK Power Plants

Triebs, Thomas P.; Pollitt, Michael G. - Judge Business School <Cambridge> - 2010

The literature shows that for most UK industries privatization might be necessary but is not sufficient to produce … than privatization itself. We ask what changes around privatization had the greatest impact on efficiency for UK … electricity generators. We analyse the effects of privatization and other changes in incentives on plant efficiency using a newly …

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Ownership and Production Costs - Choosing Between Public Production and Contracting Out

Ohlsson, Henry - 1998

Many comparisons of the performance of public and private producers use a public/private ownership dummy variable to capture cost differences in cross section data. This is appropriate if the producer choice is random. The dummy variable model is, however, logically inconsistent if the producer...

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Outsourcing Public Services: Contractibility, Cost, and Quality

Andersson, Fredrik; Jordahl, Henrik; Josephson, Jens - 2019

We review the literature on public sector outsourcing to explore if the theoretical predictions from the incomplete contracts literature hold up to recent empirical evidence. Guided by theory, we arrange services according to the type and magnitude of their contractibility problems. The...

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Fiscal federalism and decentralization in India

Singh, Nirvikar - 2007

This paper surveys the state of fiscal federalism in India, in the broader context of decentralization. We begin with an overview of the basic features and recent developments in intergovernmental fiscal relations, including the role of political institutions, the specifics of legislative and...

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The dynamics of reform of India's federal system

Singh, Nirvikar - 2007

This paper analyzes the process of reform of India's federal system, with a focus on fiscal federalism. We first summarize the basic features of, and recent reforms in intergovernmental relations, including the role of political institutions, assignments of expenditure responsibility and revenue...

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Fiscal decentralization in China and India: Competitive, cooperative or market preserving federalism?

Singh, Nirvikar - 2007

This paper provides a comparative assessment of fiscal decentralization in China and India, including the standard components of expenditure and revenue assignments and institutions for intergovernmental transfers, as well as the nature of subnational authorities over general economic activity....

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The political economy of India's fiscal federal system and its reform

Rao, M. Govinda; Singh, Nirvikar - 2006

This article examines recent and potential reforms in India's fiscal federal system. We summarize key federal institutions in India, including tax and expenditure assignments, and mechanisms for Center-state transfers. We discuss the institutional process by which reforms can and do take place,...

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