describe the post-privatization ownership structure and to test the effect of alternative privatization policies on firm …We construct and analyze a unique database with 1992-99 information on privatization transactions and labor … significant effect of private ownership share on the level and growth of labor productivity, the estimates ranging from 13 to 32 …

of the privatization policy and point to a large unfinished agenda in ownership transformation that has had an adverse … policy towards a more active role of the state, and use privatization policy as an example. The authors examine the effects … 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 …

remaining in samples when estimating the effects of privatization or other ownership changes. We also show that one needs to …-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 …

liberalization, privatization, and stabilization reforms. Theory predicts that decentralization may aggravate fiscal imbalances … over 19 years to address a central question of fact: Did privatization help to promote local governments' fiscal discipline …? The answer is clearly ‘no' for privatization considered in isolation. However, privatization and subnational fiscal …

methods taken to restructure the ownership of state firms, such as full versus partial privatization. For China, a state …-capitalist nation and the world's largest state sector under transition, the mix of state and private ownership -- partial privatization …Does firm ownership change affect performance? On the basis of a mean-value analysis and a fixed effects panel analysis …

excel. Our study is the first in the privatization literature to go beyond performance comparisons and examine firm …

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