This paper analyzes some of the limitations of the privatization of public enterprises in Bangladesh focusing on the debt-default status and the tax registration profile of privatized firms. Detailed analyses of the debt-default status and the tax registration profile of privatized firms are...

The performance of the public enterprise sector in Bangladesh is poor. The inefficiency of public enterprises places a fiscal burden, diverts limited resources from growth-enhancing public spending to unproductive subsidies, and affects the country's industrial competitiveness. This paper...

This paper analyzes some of the limitations of the privatization of public enterprises in Bangladesh, focusing on the debt-default status and the tax registration profile of privatized firms. A model of ineffective privatization, appropriate to the circumstances of developing countries, is...

This paper provides an overview of Bangladesh's Privatization Policy. The present policies can be improved if the terms and conditions of the sale are well-defined and upheld. Discipline in the financial sector is a necessary condition for the success of the privatization program. Without...

Long-term interest rates in advanced economies have been low since the global financial crisis. However, in the United States the Federal Reserve could begin to hike its policy rate, the federal funds target rate, before the end of the year. In the United Kingdom, the Bank of England could...

This paper econometrically models the dynamics of Swedish government bond (SGB) yields. It examines whether the short-term interest rate has a decisive influence on long-term SGB yields, after controlling for other macroeconomic and financial variables, such as consumer price inflation, the...