Even though it is well documented that privatization leads to an improvement in the performance of state … because it does not consider the performance of control firms of similar pre-privatization situations, i.e. the performance of … firms versus the performance of SOEs. I document significant improvements in profitability, efficiency, and dividends, and …

positive effect of ownership concentration on firm performance matters more in countries with weak investor protection and that … private domestic ownership leads to higher performance. …We investigate the role of ownership structure and investor protection in postprivatization corporate governance. We …

, including fiscal policies to mitigate government action with a negative effect on the performance and solvency of SOEs. … state ownership. This paper examines Brazil's efforts to address agency conflicts in SOEs, including new legislation (Law … the impact of those interventions on SOEs profitability and labor productivity. Although no significant effect of the more …

We use matched employer-employee data together with data on the ownership networks of Chilean firms to document a novel … relationship between inequality in labor income and ownership structures. Exploiting transitions of firms in and out of networks … ownership structures and the distribution of labor income in the economy. …