RAGAZZI, Giorgio; DOMENICO, Massimo DI - In: Rivista Italiana degli Economisti 11 (2006) 2, pp. 161-184
Control over a state-owned enterprise (SOE) offers politicians various benefits (rent from control). If politicians decide to privatize a SOE, they loose such rent. To "explain" privatizations one should thus consider under which conditions politicians may obtain from privatization benefits...