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This paper examines the restructuring of state assets in markets deregulated by privatizations and investment … liberalizations. We show that the government has a stronger incentive to restructure than the buyer: A firm restructuring only takes … into account how much its own profit will increase. The government internalizes that restructuring increases the sales …
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We investigate the impact of differences in privatisation method on national economic performance in transition … transition and recession was over. Our analysis suggests that an advantage of mass privatisation was that it led spontaneously to …
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that characterise the transition process in both the economic and political realms. Contrary to a widespread assumption … survey the vast empirical literature on transition economies in order to provide evidence on the correlation between … expectations at the beginning of transition and success of the transition process. We provide the first comprehensive survey of the …
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. Wages, employment and welfare increase as a result of further product market integration. It is interesting to note that the …
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privatization and the reduction in social welfare and the possibility that the privatization process itself may have conflicting …
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Using a data set for 162 largest Hungarian firms during the period of 1994-1999 this paper explores the determinants of equity shares held by both foreign investors and by Hungarian corporations. We find evidence of a post-privatisation evolution towards more homogeneous equity structures, where...
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This paper challenges the traditional view that unemployment is high because insiders determine the union wage. The insiders in this paper are characterized by being more efficient when they search for a job than the outsiders, implying that they experience relatively less unemployment. We...
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in skills remains a hindrance in enhancing labour as well as overall welfare. …
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We study a model in which heterogeneous agents first form a trading network where link formation is costless. Then, a seller and a buyer are randomly selected among the agents to bargain through a chain of intermediaries. We determine both the trading path and the allocation of the surplus among...
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The paper begins with a discussion of Indian labour law and the increasing use of "contract labour" in Indian formal manufacturing. We question the widespread perception that employment of contract labour provides flexibility to employers in terms of adjustment in response to demand and...
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