We compare the welfare results of mixed duopoly model where a firm can be private, public or partial-delegated-public. We consider two types of partial-delegated-public firms. In partial- delegated-public with location delegation, the firm chooses location to maximize its profit while the social...

Government-linked companies (GLCs) have a significant presence in Singapore's corporate sector. Unlike parastatals in many other countries, these companies are run on a competitive, commercial basis, ostensibly without government privileges. Based on data from publicly listed GLCs and non-GLCs,...

Öffentliche Betriebe weisen einige Besonderheiten gegenüber privaten Betrieben auf. Dazu werden nach dem Zweck öffentlicher Betriebe und ihren unterschiedlichen Rechtsformen in Deutschland die betrieblichen Teilfunktionen Beschaffung, Produktion, Absatz, Personal, Finanzierung und...

This paper studies why some efforts at public enterprise reform fail and why others succeed. Economic reforms are intended to increase efficiency and, thus, help sustain long term growth. Yet, many governments have had difficulty sustaining the reforms they initiated and have reintroduced rigid...