Differences in the evolution of income distribution in Poland and Russia in the post-socialist era are striking: for … example, in Poland, the gini coefficient on earnings went from 0.28 to 0.33 between 1988 and 1998 while in Russia it went from … regional differences in early privatization as instruments to estimate the effect of small enterprises on income distribution …

historische Hinweise, dass dieVerbreitung von unternehmerischen Eigenschaften und Verhalten in Russland deutlich geringerist als …

There is a continuing debate on whether or not ownership changes accompanying privatization of state-owned enterprises … of telecommunication firms around the world, 4 years before and 4 years after privatization, using two parallel measures … could corroborate stronger evidence for or against maintained hypothesis of performance improvements after privatization …

and revisits policy implications. Practical implications – No one policy fits all in Indonesia for privatization programme …

Privatization and market liberalization are widely considered to be complementary reforms in transition economies. This … pursued too vigorously, privatization may actually impede the transition process following market liberalization. Our result … analysis, less than full privatization is optimal when the costs of learning are sufficiently important. …

This paper examines the fiscal impact of privatization revenues in 47 developing countries. There are many reasons that … privatization is attractive for the central government of developing countries. If substantial, these revenues from the sale of … state owned enterprises can present a potential solution to persistent deficits. On the other hand, the privatization …

mass privatization program) creates severe supply-and-demand shocks for enterprises, inducing firm failure. This leads to a …

We analyze the effect of ownership on post-privatization performance in a virtually complete population of medium and … large firms privatized in a model large-scale privatization economy (Czech Republic). We find that concentrated foreign …