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 …

independence; b) partial ownership of the state in the regulated firm; and c) the government’s political orientation, which may …), while ownership has no effect. Leverage also increases when the IRA is in place, especially so if the regulated firm is … ; Private and State Ownership ; Regulatory Independence ; Government’s Political Orientation …

sequencing privatizing events, and determining the extent of private ownership in partial privatization. We investigate this …Selection in privatization is a decision-making process of choosing state-owned enterprises (SOEs), prioritizing and … SOEs and identify 9,359 privatization cases over time. Our econometric analysis concludes: (i) The privatization selection …

Recent evidences indicate that privatization leads to enormous benefits to society almost without undesirable costs …. However, stakeholders of privatization seem not to satisfy the resulting performance of privatized firms. Using data from 202 … companies up to 10 years and study costs and benefits of privatization. Privatization is followed by a 1.1-percentage …

infrastructure such as the electricity and gas grids in public ownership while selling state companies in areas such as food, banking …