We construct and analyze a unique database with 1992-99 information on privatization transactions and labor … describe the post-privatization ownership structure and to test the effect of alternative privatization policies on firm … and domestic blockholders, but insider and mass privatization are also estimated to have positive, although smaller …

Privatization promotes economic efficiency and growth, thereby reinforcing macroeconomic adjustment. In the short run … impacts and the fiscal implications of privatization. It then reviews various methods of privatization and finds that public …` options for mitigating the social impact of privatization are surveyed, and experiences under adjustment programs reviewed …

This paper reviews a selection of studies on privatization experiences in transition countries. Empirical studies … is reviewed, along with the question of whether privatization efforts support or hinder de novo private sector …

Cournot model that distinguishes two aspects of privatization interacting with market opening: privatization of a firm and … privatization of its competitors. Under plausible conditions, the model implies that privatizing a firm is a substitute for exposing …

experience with privatization and liberalization was brought into a new light by the recent economic crisis. It is unlikely that …

policy towards a more active role of the state, and use privatization policy as an example. The authors examine the effects … of the privatization policy and point to a large unfinished agenda in ownership transformation that has had an adverse … the pace of privatization. They find out that it is the increasing capture of the state by rent-seeking groups, and not …

about privatization method, focusing on the choice between free distribution (so called ‘mass privatization’) and management … firms off its hands. Although mass privatization apparently conflicts with revenue maximization, we show that nonetheless it … privatization is more likely to be chosen if the government is politically weak. -- Privatization methods ; Transition economies …

-oriented issue of why a large number of efficient firms disappeared during mass privatization in a booming economy of Montenegro …. Econometrically, we present the first study to look at firms that disappeared during a mass privatization transition, improving upon … remaining in samples when estimating the effects of privatization or other ownership changes. We also show that one needs to …