This report is concerned with the analysis of privatization and private sector development for the eastern and … development and, to a greater or lesser extent, privatization of stateowned assets. However, there is a great deal of … divided into two groups: one, including Algeria, Libya, and Syria, where reforms promoting privatization and private sector …

spite of a wave of crises and recessions in the late 1990s and early 2000s). Privatization has made a great deal of progress … somewhat. One of the main lessons for privatization policy makers in MENA countries from the experience in other regions is …

one of the actions. By definition opinion leaders have some power over their followers, and they exercise this power by … satisfaction and power scores which allow us to analyze the actors' satisfaction and power with respect to the collective choice …

Power is a core concept in the analysis and design of organizations. One of the problems with the extant literature on … positional power in hierarchies is that it is mainly restricted to the analysis of power in terms of the bare positions of the …-established approaches for the analysis of power in non-hierarchical organizations such as the Banzhaf measure; and thus they are all based …

affect the behavior of their followers. Hence, opinion leaders have some power over their followers, and they can exercise … this power by influencing their followers choice of action. We study a two-action model for a society with opinion leaders … choice is made by simple majority of the actions chosen by each member. For this model we axiomatize satisfaction and power …

prevailing in the voting power literature. We demonstrate that both notions are conceptually distinct, and discuss their … canonical set-up of a simultaneous decision-making mechanism as it is predominant in the voting power literature. However, we …

. We use probability theory to derive initial results, including both distribution-independent and distribution … power depend on the configuration of agreements and disagreements; (2) Independence of mind reduces wage inequality, and …

This paper addresses the discussion between economic power and the power of politics with particular focus on financial … markets. After general reflections about the economic basis of power, the paper discusses in a general equilibrium framework …

it. Moreover, this paper shows that the bureaucratic elite obtains excessive bureaucratic power, and that promiscuous …