quantitative analysis of mass privatization programs in the postcommunist world. We argue that rapid large-scale privatization … implementation of mass privatization programs negatively impacts measures of economic growth, state capacity and the security of …

all the post-communist countries have become market economies and have achieved macroeconomic stability. Privatization was … has occurred. What went wrong? How could privatization be done better, or be defended? What should be done to defend … private enterprise in the future? This paper argues that the nature of privatization is far less important than the …

privatization, but also that most respondents prefer to leave firms in private hands. We test three theories of support for reform … by examining who wants to revise privatization and why. First, consistent with a "utilitarian" view, respondents with … poor human capital and few assets support revising privatization in all institutional settings and hold this view because …

all the post-communist countries have become market economies and have achieved macroeconomic stability. Privatization was … has occurred. What went wrong? How could privatization be done better, or be defended? What should be done to defend … private enterprise in the future? This paper argues that the nature of privatization is far less important than the …

and massive privatization could well explain the phenomenon, and that the government's efforts to eliminate the arrears …