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A public goods approach to regulation of utilities
Ugaz, Cecilia - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279099
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Privatisation Methods and Economic Growth in Transition Economies
Bennett, John; Estrin, Saul; Maw, James; Urga, Giovanni - 2004
We investigate the impact of differences in privatisation method on national economic performance in transition economies. Our approach is to estimate, using dynamic panel data methods, a growth equation over 23 countries for the period 1990-2001. Among our results, we find that mass...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011324983
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Methods of privatization and economic growth in transition economies
Bennett, John; Estrin, Saul; Urga, Giovanni - 2006
1990 to 2003. The estimating equation is augmented with country- and time-specific variables for methods of privatization … and other factors potentially relevant to growth in transition economies. It is found that 'mass privatization' is … associated with faster growth, but the other privatization methods have no significant impact. The findings suggest that in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011470765
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Privatization in Western Europe Stylized Facts, Outcomes, and Open Issues
Bortolotti, Bernardo; Milella, Valentina - 2006
Privatization has certainly been one of the main events of the economic and financial history of the 20th century …. Between 1997 and 2004 more than 4,000 privatization operations were carried out in the world, bringing to governments revenues … factors. This paper investigates the causes of this process, summarizes the main trends of privatization activity at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312440
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What do we know about pro-poor growth and regional poverty in Nigeria?
Ichoku, Hyacinth Eme; Agu, Chukwuma; Ataguba, John Ele-Ojo - In: International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied … 5 (2012) 3, pp. 147-172
need for smaller family size has to be an integral part of policy aimed at poverty reduction in Nigeria. The support of the …This study investigates the pro-poorness of income growth in Nigeria. Using nationally representative data for 1996 and … 2004, overall income growth in Nigeria was found not to be pro-poor. The richer segments of the population appropriate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011310239
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Fundamental determinants of school efficiency and equity: german states as a microcosm for OECD countries
Woessmann, Ludger - 2007
Cross-country evidence on student achievement might be hampered by omitted country characteristics such as language or legal differences. This paper uses cross-state variation in Germany, whose sixteen states share the same language and legal system, but pursue different education policies. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264118
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A retrospective study on the regional benefits and spillover effects of high-speed broadband networks: Evidence from German counties
Briglauer, Wolfgang; Dürr, Niklas S.; Gugler, Klaus - 2019
There is still hardly any empirical evidence on how divergent broadband technologies, and, by extension, bandwidth levels, influence GDP growth, or on the extent of spatial externalities at a regional level. Our study aims to assess the economic benefits of high-speed broadband networks within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012029558
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A Retrospective Study on the Regional Benefits and Spillover Effects of High-Speed Broadband Networks: Evidence from German Counties
Briglauer, Wolfgang; Dürr, Niklas; Gugler, Klaus - 2019
There is still hardly any empirical evidence on how divergent broadband technologies, and, by extension, bandwidth levels, influence GDP growth, or on the extent of spatial externalities at a regional level. Our study aims to assess the economic benefits of high-speed broadband networks within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012113489
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Will Privatization Reduce Costs?
Lindqvist, Erik - 2008
I develop a model of public sector contracting based on the multitask framework by Holmström and Milgrom (1991). In this model, an agent can put effort into increasing the quality of a service or reducing costs. Being residual claimants, private owners have stronger incentives to cut costs than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320112
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Will privatization reduce costs?
Lindqvist, Erik - 2007
I develop a model of public sector contracting based on the multitask framework by Holmström and Milgrom (1991). In this model, an agent can put effort into increasing the quality of a service or reducing costs. Being residual claimants, private owners have stronger incentives to cut costs than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281289