in bank profitability post-privatization, although differences exist between developed and developing countries. Notably …This paper revisits trends in bank privatization and analyzes their economic impact over the past 25 years. Building on … a novel data set of privatization events for 70 developed and developing countries, it shows that bank privatization …

of firms in terms of profitability and solvency. Using cross-sectional data covering over 25,000 firms worldwide and by … privatization could improve the performance of public firms. However, a study over a longer period is needed before these results …