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 …

When Russia’s transition to a market-oriented economy began in 1992, detailed information about firm-level performance … to firms in heavy industry give these firms an advantage during the first stage of Russia’s transition to a market … the initial stage of Russia’s transition, and this result is especially strong in 1995. Location in Moscow proved to be an …

'. 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 …

ambiguous even after 5 years in Russia. Pre-privatization MFP exceeds that of firms remaining state-owned in all countries …We analyze the impact of privatization on multifactor productivity (MFP) using long panel data for nearly the universe … employing a wide variety of measurement approaches, we estimate that majority privatization raises MFP about 28% in Romania, 22 …

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 …