We investigate whether privatization, competitive forces, and hardening of budget constraints have yet begun to play … impact of privatization on labor productivity: in our basic specifications, we estimate that a ten percentage point increase … models, the effect is usually small and rarely precisely estimated. We find some evidence that privatization and subsidy …

The aim of the present paper is to discuss the role of the Mass Privatization Programme (MPP) in Poland, as a vehicle …, as a novel way of effective privatization of firms involved coupled with their overhaul and in-depth restructuring …. Unlike similar mass privatization schemes in other transition economies (e.g. Russia, Czech Republic or Slovakia) the Polish …

governmental level. Here the privatization program--leading to restructuring or not--is designed. Transition governments are in a …

Eastern Europe due to the injection of foreign direct investment as privatization programs continue. Large investments from … convergence. Telecom is a fine example of a industry realizing growth due to the pairing of privatization and technology. The main … purpose of this paper is to analyze the strategy behind energy sector de-monopolization via the continued privatization and …

policy towards a more active role of the state, and use privatization policy as an example. The authors examine the effects … of the privatization policy and point to a large unfinished agenda in ownership transformation that has had an adverse … the pace of privatization. They find out that it is the increasing capture of the state by rent-seeking groups, and not …