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Privatization in Italy 1993 - 2002 : Goals, Institutions, Outcomes, and Outstanding Issues

Goldstein, Andrea - 2021

This paper describes the privatization program in Italy during the 1990s and puts that policy in the context of … attempts at privatization of the 1980s, delaying until 1992 the start of large-scale privatizations. These were imposed on … analysis of the consequences of privatization on corporate governance shows that, notwithstanding considerable changes in the …

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Fifteen Years of Economic Reform in Russia : What has been Achieved? What Remains to be Done?

Ahrend, Rudiger - 2005

The paper provides an overview of the course of economic reform and the performance of the Russian economy since the early 1990s and an analysis of the structural reform challenges ahead. It assesses the contribution of institutional and structural reforms to economic performance over the...

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Plunging into the sea : ideological change, institutional environments and private entrepreneurship in China

Bordignon, Massimo; Deng, Yanhua; Huang, Jian; Yang, Jin - 2018

This paper examines the integration of Chinese Communist Party membership and private entrepreneurship in China after 2002, when the Party revised its constitution and officially removed ideological discrimination against private entrepreneurs. Using six waves of a nationwide survey of privately...

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Fifteen Years of Economic Reform in Russia : What Has Been Achieved? What Remains to Be Done?

Ahrend, Rudiger; Tompson, William - 2006

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Managing a Correctional Marketplace : Prison Privatization in the United States and the United Kingdom

Pozen, David - 2004

Kingdom, and it compares their current role in the countries' correctional systems. The privatization movements of the U … privatization. America's experience with private prisons in the 1980s set an important precedent for Britain, but the U ….K. ultimately adopted a different model of privatization. Although results are not conclusive to date, it appears the British model …

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Priorities and Sequencing in Privatization : Theory and Evidence from the Czech Republic

Gupta, Nandini; Ham, John C.; Svejnar, Jan - 2014

While privatization of state-owned enterprises has been one of the most important aspects of the economic transition … the determinants of the sequencing of privatization. To obtain testable predictions about factors that may affect …) maximizing privatization revenues. Next, we use firm-level data from the Czech Republic to test the competing theoretical …

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Private Delivery of Public Services : Public Private Partnerships and Contracting-Out

Hrab, Roy - 2005

This paper examines two types of relationships that the private sector and government engage in: contracting-out and public-private partnerships (PPPs). This paper defines these relationships, and reviews the issues and theory underlying private sector delivery of public services. Specifically,...

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Regulatory Reforms in the Telecommunications Sector in Developing Countries : The Role of Democracy and Private Interests

Xu, Lixin Colin; Li, Wei; Qiang, Christine Zhen-Wei - 2005

We investigate the determinants of regulatory reforms between 1990 and 1998 in 50 developing countries. We find that the reforms are attributable to differences in the configurations of interest groups and in the political structure - in particular, the decision-making mechanisms and the...

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The effectiveness of juvenile correctional facilities : public versus private management

Bayer, Patrick J.; Pozen, David E. - 2003

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The effectiveness of juvenile correctional facilities : public versus private management

Bayer, Patrick J.; Pozen, David E. - 2004 - Revised

This paper uses data on juvenile offenders released from correctional facilities in Florida to explore the effects of facility management type (private for-profit, private nonprofit, public state-operated, and public county-operated) on recidivism outcomes and costs. The data provide detailed...

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