We construct and analyze a unique database with 1992-99 information on privatization transactions and labor productivity for the entire surviving population of initially state-owned industrial corporations in Romania. The data permit us to describe the post-privatization ownership structure and...

Comprehensive panel data on privatization transactions and labor productivity in Romanian industrial corporations are used to describe the post-privatization ownership structure, and to estimate the effect of Romania's diverse privatization policies on firm performance. The econometric results...

We construct and analyze a unique database with 1992-99 information on privatization transactions and labor productivity for the entire surviving population of initially state-owned industrial corporations in Romania. The data permit us to describe the post-privatization ownership structure and...

This paper examines the determinants of privatization in Chinese rural industry by using data that we collected from Southern China in 1998. By employing several econometric specifications, we find that the probability of a firm being privatized increases with the degree of product market...

Comprehensive panel data on privatization transactions and labor productivity in Romanian industrial corporations are used to describe the post-privatization ownership structure, and to estimate the effect of Romania's diverse privatization policies on firm performance. The econometric results...

This paper reviews a selection of studies on privatization experiences in transition countries. Empirical studies almost invariably show privatized enterprises outperform state enterprises. Moreover, the literature identifies de novo firms as being clearly the best performers, followed by...

We construct and analyze a unique database with 1992-99 information on privatization transactions and labor productivity for the entire surviving population of initially state-owned industrial corporations in Romania. The data permits us to describe the post-privatization ownership structure and...

A pártállam nem múlt el nyomtalanul. Hatása az összeomlást követő átalakulásra máig is tart. Maradványai csak lassan tűnnek el. Tartósnak bizonyulnak azok a feszültségek is, amelyek a gyors összeomlás és a viszonylag lassú intézményesülés miatt keletkeztek. Csak...

1995-ben a kormány három fontos privatizációs ígéretét teljesítette: elindította az energetika-infrastruktúra nagy cégeinek eladását, a bevételekben mérve gyorsította a privatizációt, és növelte a készpénzbevételek részarányát a kedvezményes-ingye- nes elosztáshoz...

Corporate governance is most often defined in terms of the roles, responsibilities, and interactions of top management and the board of directors. Using information on Macedonia, obtained through various sources, this study is an attempt on determining some of the factors that influence the...