privatization, rather weak competition, unexpectedly hardbudget constraints, an overwhelmingly negative and relatively positive … accomplished. That is: stronger competition and betterinstitutions go with more restructuring, while privatization and harder … restructuring, ownership,competition, budget constraints and, particularly, institutions in Russian industry, covering theperiod …

’. Ukraine and Russia began the market transition with broadly similar institutions, industrial structures and levels of … behind Russia in many areas. The main difference between them is Russia’s far greater resource wealth. It follows that … endowments. In short, Ukraine could provide a rough approximation of how a resource-poor Russia might have developed over the …

'. Ukraine and Russia began the market transition with broadly similar institutions, industrial structures and levels of … behind Russia in many areas. The main difference between them is Russia's far greater resource wealth. It follows that … endowments. In short, Ukraine could provide a rough approximation of how a resource-poor Russia might have developed over the …

'. Ukraine and Russia began the market transition with broadly similar institutions, industrial structures and levels of … behind Russia in many areas. The main difference between them is Russia's far greater resource wealth. It follows that … endowments. In short, Ukraine could provide a rough approximation of how a resource-poor Russia might have developed over the …

. Privatization in a significant way has not taken place in India; nevertheless, the boundaries of the state as an industrial … growth has had a substantial impact in enhancing performance. Thus, the role of privatization as a mechanism to enhance …

models imply that majority privatization raises MFP about 15% in Romania, 8% in Hungary, and 2% in Ukraine, while in Russia … years after privatization to emerge in Russia. -- privatization ; productivity ; foreign ownership ; random growth model …This paper estimates the effect of privatization on multifactor productivity (MFP) using long panel data for nearly the …

dominates the efficiency effect. -- privatization ; employment ; wages ; foreign ownership ; Hungary ; Romania ; Russia …We analyze the effects of privatization on firm-level wages and employment in four transition economies. Contrary to … workers’ fears, our fixed effect and random trend estimates imply little effect of domestic privatization, except for a slight …

Hungary and Russia are small (3-5%) negative wage effects found. Privatization to foreign investors has positive estimated …We estimate the effects of privatization on firm-level wages and employment in four transition economies. Applied to … job losses from privatization, and they never imply large negative effects on wages; only for domestic privatization in …