presents preliminary results from Poland's privatization experience. Part III identifies the anticipated and unanticipated … institutional and behavioral barriers to privatization in Poland. Part IV offers several lessons for other transition economies …Contrary to expectations and announcements of policy makers in transition economies, privatization has taken longer …

The aim of the present paper is to discuss the role of the Mass Privatization Programme (MPP) in Poland, as a vehicle …, as a novel way of effective privatization of firms involved coupled with their overhaul and in-depth restructuring …. Unlike similar mass privatization schemes in other transition economies (e.g. Russia, Czech Republic or Slovakia) the Polish …