Bortolotti, Bernardo; Faccio, Mara - Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic … - 2006
We study the evolution of the control structure for a large sample of privatized firms in OECD countries and find … evidence broadly consistent with the concept of "reluctant privatization", defined as the transfer of ownership rights in State …-owned enterprises without a corresponding transfer of control rights. Indeed, as of 2000, governments are the largest shareholder or use …