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Regulation and privatisation: The case of electricity

Bortolotti, Bernardo; Fantini, Marcella; Siniscalco, … - 1998

This paper sheds some light about privatisation in utilities. An empirical analysis based on sales in the electricity … sector in 38 countries for the period 1977-97 shows that regulation is a crucial institutional variable in privatisation. Not … proceeds reducing regulatory risk. The revenues-efficiency trade-off loses some relevance in electricity privatisation. …

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Why do governments sell privatised companies abroad?

Bortolotti, Bernardo; Fantini, Marcella; Scarpa, Carlo - 2000

privatisation find strong support in our analyses: market oriented Governments favour domestic investors in the allocation of shares …

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Regulation and privatisation : the case of electricity

Bortolotti, Bernardo; Fantini, Marcella; Siniscalco, … - 1998

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Reluctant privatization

Bortolotti, Bernardo; Faccio, Mara - 2004

We study the evolution of the control structure of 141 privatized firms from OECD countries over the period from 1996 through 2000. We find that governments do not relinquish control after privatization. We show that the market-to-book ratios of privatized firms converge through time to those of...

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