controlling for various forms of selection bias. It argues that privatization has different effects depending on the types of … owners to whom it gives control. In particular, privatization to outsider, but not insider, owners has significant … performance effects. Where privatization is effective, the effect on revenue performance is very pronounced, but there is no …

ownership structures. Additionally, we find that privatization levels have had positive growth effects, while privatization …

"The paper evaluates the effects of privatization in the post-communist economies and China. In post …-communist economies privatization to foreign owners results in a rapid improvement in performance of firms, while performance effects of … privatization to domestic owners are less impressive and vary across regions, coinciding with differences in policies and …