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Extent of the Integrated State Ownership and Effect of the State Control on Performance of Czech Firms

Hanousek, Jan; Kočenda, Evžen - In: Politická ekonomie 2011 (2011) 1, pp. 82-104

We analyze the extent of the integrated state control over the privatized companies in the Czech Republic during the decade of 1995-2005. During this period, the integrated potential of the state to control companies had a pyramid-like form. Even though the pyramid control was not fully...

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Fixing and Nixing: The Politics of Water Privatization

Ahlers, Rhodante - In: Review of Radical Political Economics 42 (2010) 2, pp. 213-230

Social uprisings in response to privatization dynamics in the water sector have triggered widespread debate on the … dispossession," the current process of privatization is understood as a new round of enclosures of the commons, implemented by a … allow for the commodification and privatization of public goods and assets. Using the case of a Mexican irrigation district …

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Water and Sanitation Utilities in the Global South: Re-centering the Debate on "Efficiency"

Spronk, Susan - In: Review of Radical Political Economics 42 (2010) 2, pp. 156-174

the public, which persist despite ambiguous empirical evidence. It argues that the privatization agenda rests on normative … privatization has on citizenship rights. …

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Political cycles in income from privatization: The case of Albania

Imami, Drini; Lami, Endrit; Kächelein, Holger - Bamberg Economic Research Group on Government and … - 2011

privatization, which is also the object of the analysis of this paper. In our analysis we apply standard econometric approach, used … widely for research related to PBC. We test if income from privatization increases before elections. We find statistically … significant increase of income from privatization before general (parliamentary) elections, which may lead us to conclude that one …

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STOCK MARKET WEALTH-EFFECTS DURING PRIVATIZATION INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERS IN CHILE (1984-1989)

SALGADO, ROBERTO J. SANTILLÁN - In: ESTUDIOS GERENCIALES (2010)

The aftermarket performance of eleven privatization Initial Public Offers (IPOs) in Chile during 1984-1989 is studied … confirms the presence of aftermarket performance patterns that are very similar to those observed in private and privatization …

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Service Delivery in Rural Municipalities: Privatize, Cooperate, or Go It Alone?

Halstead, John M.; Mohr, Robert D.; Deller, Steven C. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

privatization produces savings. Median income, rural geography, and ideology show statistically-significant associations with …

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"Privatization in Latin America: What Does the Evidence Say?"

Chong, Albert; López-de-Silanes, Florencio - In: ECONOMIA JOURNAL OF THE LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN … (2004)

Privatization is under attack. Criticisms run from corrupt deals to abuse of market power and social welfare losses. We … evaluate the empirical record on privatization, relying on recent comprehensive studies from Latin America. The paper presents …. Second, in the quest to identify the sources of increased profitability after privatization, we find little evidence that …

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"The Distributive Impact of Privatization in Latin America: Evidence from Four Countries"

McKenzie, David; Mookherjee, Dilip - In: ECONOMIA JOURNAL OF THE LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN … (2003)

This paper provides an overview of the results of a project that evaluates the distributive impact of privatization in … four Latin America countries. The aim of the project was to estimate the effects of privatization on customers and workers … concerning the privatization process and data sources used for each specific country. All four countries have undergone …

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A reappraisal of State-Owned Banks

Levy-Yeyat, Eduardo; Micco, Alejandro; Panizza, Ugo - In: ECONOMIA JOURNAL OF THE LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN … (2007)

We revisit the public banks debate, survey the theoretical arguments and test the robustness (and expand) the existing empirical evidence. While we find some support for the view that public banks do not allocate credit optimally, we also report indicative evidence that they exert a positive...

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"The Impact of Telecommunications Privatization in Peru on the Welfare of Urban Consumers"

Torero, Máximo; Schroth, Enrique; Pasco-Font, Alberto - In: ECONOMIA JOURNAL OF THE LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN … (2003)

service, the privatization of the telecommunications industry in Peru led to price changes that had an impact on consumer … welfare and that may be correlated with the negative public opinion of the privatization process. …

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