Privatization, recognized as one of the most important economic policy reforms from the 1970s, has attracted significant attention from scholars, and the literature on the topic is now vast. Yet there is little agreement on the reasons why governments privatized. Three dominant paradigms...

Judith Clifton, Francisco Comín and Daniel Díaz Fuentes in Privatisation in the European Union reject the two dominant explanations provided in literature, which include a simple 'Americanisation' of policy and a 'varied' privatisation experience without a common driving force. Using a...

This article seeks to identify the reasons behind the privatization programmes undertaken by governments of the European Union (EU), particularly, the EU 15. The privatization of public enterprises was one of the most important economic and political reforms since the 1970s. This activity has...