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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 …
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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 …
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Do politically administered mass layoffs undermine trust and political interest? During the German reunification, formerly state-owned socialist firms in East Germany were privatized by the Treuhand, which came at the cost of massive job losses and public protest. I demonstrate that these...
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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 …
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countries, none of which systematically reprivatized firms during the 1930s. Privatization in Nazi Germany was also unique in … transferred to private ownership belonged to diverse sectors. Privatization was part of an intentional policy with multiple … financial restrictions were a central motivation. In addition, privatization was used as a political tool to enhance support for …
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010984553
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319376
In both economically developed and developing countries, privatisation, budget austerity measures and market liberalisations have become key aspects of structural reform programs in the last three decades. These three recommended policies were parts of strong revival of classical and...
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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 …
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The Italian and German banking systems shared similar characteristics early in the 1990s but have evolved in different directions since then: Italy privatized its publicly-owned banks while Germany has maintained a large share of state-owned savings banks. Contemporaneously, banks in both...
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