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The Basic Public Finance of Public-Private Partnerships
Engel, Eduardo; Fischer, Ronald; Galetovic, Alexander - Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University - 2007
than privatization. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762742
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Second-Generation Reforms in Infrastructure Services
Basañes, C. Federico; Artana, Daniel; Navajas, Fernando; … - Inter-American Development Bank
. The "first generation of reforms" encompassed widespread privatization, deregulation and restructuring of the provision of … current challenges, leading to the consolidation of the initial reforms. This volume deals with post-privatization dispute …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943423
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Federal Budget of Pakistan-2011-12
eSocialSciences; Minister of Finance Pakistan - 2012
BUDGET SPEECH 2011-2012 by DR. ABDUL HAFEEZ SHAIKH, Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Planning & Development.
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Privatization in East Germany; A Survey of Current Issues
Bös, Dieter - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1992
This paper deals with the privatization, restructuring, and liquidation of East German industrial firms. A partnership … model is suggested for privatization where the Government’s property trust (Treuhandanstait (THA)) is made a silent partner … of the private investors. The application of a general scheme of wage subsidies is rejected in the paper. Furthermore …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768873
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Privatization, Competition, and Budget Constraints: Disciplining Enterprises in Russia
Earle, John; Estrin, Saul - In: Economic Change and Restructuring 36 (2003) 1, pp. 1-22
We investigate whether privatization, competitive forces, and the hardening of budget constraints played efficiency …-enhancing roles in Russia in the immediate post-privatization period. We find evidence of a positive impact of privatization on labor … restructuring but the effect is small and insignificant. We find that in terms of their impacts on productivity, privatization and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005701538
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Second-Generation Reforms in Infrastructure Services
Basañes, C. Federico; Artana, Daniel; Navajas, Fernando; … - Inter-American Development Bank
. The "first generation of reforms" encompassed widespread privatization, deregulation and restructuring of the provision of … current challenges, leading to the consolidation of the initial reforms. This volume deals with post-privatization dispute …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772369
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The retreat of the state from entrepreneurial activities: A convergence analysis for OECD countries, 1980–2007
Schuster, Philipp; Schmitt, Carina; Traub, Stefan - In: European Journal of Political Economy 32 (2013) C, pp. 95-112
consider privatization, deregulation in network-based services, and the cutback of subsidies. Though the empirical analysis … beta convergence indicates convergence only for privatization (measured by public employment) and for subsidization …
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Inefficiencies in Public Environmental Services
Jong, Roelof de; Nentjes, Andries; Wiersma, Doede - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 16 (2000) 1, pp. 69-79
The paper discusses efficiency issues in the public provision of environmental services, in particular waste water treatment. It is shown that in the face of increasing, respectively decreasing returns to scale the zero profit constraint of a cost minimizing public firm induces underinvestment,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005722239
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Privatizing Highways in Latin America: Is it Possible to Fix What Went Wrong?
Engel, Eduardo M.; Fischer, Ronald D.; Galetovic, Alexander - School of Management, Yale University - 2004
This paper reviews the Latin American experience with highway privatization during the last decade. Based on evidence … privatization did not materialize because of pervasive contract renegotiations. We argue that the disappointing performance of … highway privatization in Latin America was due to two fundamental design flaws. First, countries followed a "privatize now …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005587174
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"Privatizing Highways in Latin America: Fixing What Went Wrong"
Engel, Eduardo; Fischer, Ronald; Galetovic, Alexander - In: ECONOMIA JOURNAL OF THE LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN … (2003)
This paper reviews the Latin American experience with highway privatization during the last decade. Based on evidence … privatization did not materialize because of pervasive contract renegotiations. We argue that the disappointing performance of … highway privatization in Latin America was due to two fundamental design flaws. First, countries followed a "privatize now …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021337