We estimate the effects of privatization on zombie versus healthy state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China, extending … privatization of underperforming, zombie-like entities can lead to substantial economic improvements and greater efficiency …

privatization literature, we argue that the transformed COEs in the ongoing organizational transformation process may achieve better …

It is generally agreed that privatization of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) improves economic efficiency, but it is … a theoretical model of the macroeconomic relationships between privatization, efficiency, output, and employment. The … model explains how privatization affects employment in transition and developing economies through different, and often …

We study how ownership affects productivity. Privatization of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) was a major economic … exploit a lag structure in the timing of ownership changes (i.e., privatization/liquidation takes time to implement). Results … suggest private firms are 53% more productive than SOEs on average, but the benefits of privatization take several years to …

This paper examines the determinants of privatization in Chinese rural industry by using data that we collected from …

purchase shares of SOEs, so it can be regarded as a privatization plan for SOEs. Using the Difference-in-Differences (DiD … suggests that privatization enhances SOE profitability by reducing redundant workers, administrative fees, and related … privatization can enhance firm performance under China's ongoing mixed-ownership reform …

This paper evaluates the impact of privatization on firm employment using a panel dataset of 386 firms in China in the … the dynamic impact of privatization on employment growth and find that the performance of privatized firms improves over … time. These findings are robust even after we control other performance and financial variables as well as the pre-privatization …