determines whether such performance differs across firms according to their new ownership structure. The Egyptian privatization … program provides unique post-privatization data on different ownership structures. Since most studies do not distinguish … between the types of ownership, this paper provides new insight into the impact that post-privatization ownership structure …

witness any significant improvement in their performance, which questions the benefits of privatization in Egypt. …Even though it is well documented that privatization leads to an improvement in the performance of state … because it does not consider the performance of control firms of similar pre-privatization situations, i.e. the performance of …

majority initial public offerings. Keywords: Privatization, SOEs, Egypt, Ownership Structure … determines whether such performance differs across firms according to their new ownership structure. The Egyptian privatization … program provides unique post-privatization data on different ownership structures. Since most studies do not distinguish …

for monitoring the performance of the public enterprises considered for privatization. The paper incorporates measures … transitional performance in Egypt as a developing transition economy. The results conclude that transparency of public enterprise …

for monitoring the performance of the public enterprises considered for privatization. The paper incorporates measures … transitional performance in Egypt as a developing transition economy. The results conclude that transparency of public enterprise …

, which might put into question the benefits of privatization in Egypt. However, the caveat here is that the findings of no … needed before these results could be considered conclusive. Keyword: SOEs, Privatization, Middle East, and Egypt …While it is well documented that privatization leads to an improvement in the performance of state-owned enterprises …