. Martin Feldstein's pro-privatization rhetoric relative to Social Security is first analyzed. A subsequent comparison his … rhetoric to that of George W. Bush concludes that both the political and the economic rhetoric of Social Security privatization …

In Wisconsin sorgte die mutige Sozialhilfereform von 1997 dafür, dass der Sozialhilfeetat und die Zahl der … OFFENSIV nähert sich dem Wisconsin-Modell an. Doch wesentliche Elemente für eine dauerhafte Beseitigung der Sozialhilfefalle …

nonparametric bounds analysis based on Manski and Pepper (2000), using the most recent version of the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study …

International organizations promote privatization as precondition for economic development. But is there really too … little privatization? This political economy model asks for the incentives of governments to privatize or restructure a state …-owned firm. Different government types are compared to identify the political and institutional determinants of privatization …

through 2000. We find that governments do not relinquish control after "privatization." We show that the market-to-book ratios …

Stock market capitalization in developed countries grew while massive privatization plans were in progress. It is …

This paper discusses the most important theoretical contributions to the literature on privatization, focusing on … emerging economies, and gives a summary on recent research concerning the ways privatization might affect the development of … privatization and the reduction in social welfare and the possibility that the privatization process itself may have conflicting …