This paper investigates the role of the presence of foreign firms in a sector in influencing the privatization policy … relationship between foreign presence and privatization decision …

We analyze privatization in a differentiated oligopoly setting with a domestic public firm and foreign profit …-maximizing firms. In particular, we examine pricing below marginal cost by public firm, the optimal degree of privatization and, the … relationship between privatization and foreign ownership restrictions. When market structure is exogenous, partial privatization of …

my 2010 article, Privatization, Free Riding, and Industry-Expanding Lobbying, in the International Review of Law and … Economics and the plain-English discussion in my 2008 article, Privatization and the Law and Economics of Political Advocacy, in …

Critics of privatization argue that privatization encourages providers to lobby for industry expansion. I argue that … expenditures, some initial amount of privatization always decreases industry-expanding advocacy. The extent of privatization for … the extent of collusion. Under relaxed assumptions, the effect of privatization on industry-expanding advocacy is …

analytically derive the welfare effect of privatization of port 2 and determine the optimal degree of privatization. Under Cournot … privatization, partial privatization and full nationalization, which hinges mainly upon the market size, both horizontal and … necessarily a one-size-fits-all strategy for port privatization, and it is important for policymakers to consider the effects of …