The spur for privatization and its impact on economic performance have been analyzed from many perspectives including microeconomics, macroeconomics, and institutional economics. Previous research has focused on the firm level efficiency reasons for privatization, and the relative performance of...

We examine the impact of ownership structure, as measured by privatization, and regulation on economic growth in developing and transition economies. Using several econometric specifications, including fixed effects, and taking into account regional differences and time periods, we estimate a...

The spur for privatization and its impact on economic performance have been analysed from many perspectives, including microeconomics, macroeconomics, and institutional economics. Previous research has focused on efficiency reasons for privatization at the level of the firm, and the relative...

Purpose: The objective of this paper is twofold as follows: first, it explores the relationship between economic growth and the environment in the context of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) in Iran, as a semi-industrialized and largest developing economy in the Middle East. Second, it...