Poland over 1995-2015, we show that rushed privatization has negative efficiency, scale and employment effects relative to … non-rush privatization. The negative effect of rushed privatization on the scale of operations and employment is even … stronger than its negative effect on efficiency. Our results suggest that when policy makers resort to rushed privatization …

privatization on corporate performance. Unlike the existing literature, which analyzes breakups almost exclusively in advanced … privatization depends on the resulting ownership structure - sometime improving performance and sometime bringing about decline. The … effects of privatization are hence less clear-cut than suggested in earlier studies. Methodologically, our study provides …