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 …

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 …

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

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 …

After earlier waves of privatization, local governments have increasingly taken back control of local service … provisions in some sectors and countries and, instead, started providing those services themselves (reverse privatization). Using … the years 2003, 2009, and 2015, we investigate motives for reverse privatization. Our results show that, in deciding …