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-oriented issue of why a large number of efficient firms disappeared during mass privatization in a booming economy of Montenegro …. Econometrically, we present the first study to look at firms that disappeared during a mass privatization transition, improving upon … remaining in samples when estimating the effects of privatization or other ownership changes. We also show that one needs to …
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-oriented issue of why a large number of efficient firms disappeared during mass privatization in a booming economy of Montenegro …. Econometrically, we present the first study to look at firms that disappeared during a mass privatization transition, improving upon … remaining in samples when estimating the effects of privatization or other ownership changes. We also show that one needs to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014151094
In this paper we estimate the effects of the 1991 breakups of Czechoslovak state owned enterprises (SOEs) on subsequent performance of the master enterprises and the spun-off units. Our analysis is based on quarterly and annual data of Czechoslovak industrial enterprises. We estimate the...
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The paper analyzes the behavior of managers during restructuring of state owned enterprises (SOEs) in the period of price control. The massive wave of breakups of the SOEs that occurred in Czechoslovakia in 1990-91 has been investigated. A simple model that describes the process and yields...
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Using firm-level data, we estimate the effects of the major wave of 1991 breakups of Czechoslovak state-owned enterprises on the subsequent performance of the "master enterprises" and spun-off divisions. We estimate the performance effects of spinoffs by comparing the performance of enterprises...
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The paper evaluates the effects of privatization in the post-communist economies and China. In post-communist economies … privatization to foreign owners results in a rapid improvement in performance of firms, while performance effects of privatization … development. In China relatively more estimates suggest that privatization to domestic owners improves the level of performance …
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The paper evaluates the effects of privatization in the post-communist economies and China. In post-communist economies … privatization to foreign owners results in arapid improvement in performance of firms, while performance effects of privatization to … development. In China relatively more estimates suggest that privatization to domestic owners improves the level of performance …
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We use new firm-level data to examine the effects of firm divestitures and privatization on corporate performance in a …'s profitability but do not alter its scale of operations, while the effect of privatization depends on the resulting ownership … structure sometimes improving performance and sometimes bringing about decline. The effects of privatization are thus more …
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-scale privatization economy. Using specifications based on first-differences and unique instrumental variables, we find that few types of … private ownership improve dynamic post-privatization performance. Concentrated foreign (but not domestic) ownership improves …
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We analyze the effect of ownership on post-privatization performance in a virtually complete population od medium and … large firms privatized in a model large-scale privatization economy (Czech Republic). We find that concentrated foreign …
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