subject of this study is the analysis of network industries with particular emphasis on privatization in this field in general … is threefold. The chapter on privatization is based on a theoretical model, followed by a chapter on the institutional …

within less than five years. We examine whether the privatization authority followed its mandate to privatize competitive … investors, and are more likely to remain in business even 20 years after leaving public ownership. The privatization agency …

We investigated the effects of privatization on hospital efficiency in Germany. To do so, we obtained bootstrapped DEA … associated with an increase in efficiency of between 3.2 and 5.4%. We defined four alternative post-privatization periods and …