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This paper reconsiders the literature on the irrelevance of privatization in mixed markets, addressing both quantity …
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This paper describes the privatization program in Italy during the 1990s and puts that policy in the context of … attempts at privatization of the 1980s, delaying until 1992 the start of largescale privatizations. These were imposed on … analysis of the consequences of privatization on corporate governance show that, notwithstanding considerable changes in the …
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Economic theory advances various arguments in favor of and against privatizing education. In this paper we investigate the extent to which these arguments influence voters opinions. We analyze two popular referenda in which some 400,000 voters in two Swiss cantons expressed their opinions on the...
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The privatization of state-owned enterprises (SOE) in transition economies has often been found to improve employment … enhanced if privatization also promotes firms’ exports. A recent firm-level analysis of China reveals that privatization has …
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Generally, privatization of state-owned enterprises is believed to enhance economic efficiency and competitiveness and … to improve the overall economic performance of a country. So, can there be too much privatization? We show that this … depends on the political objectives that are pursued with a privatization policy. We study two types of government: a budget …
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