Public versus private ownership : the current state of the debate / Mary Shirley and Patrick Walsh.
Disappointment with insider trading in Russia, with voucher privatization in the Czech Republic, and with the privatization of infrastructure in many developing countries has spawned new critiques of privatization. How do theory and empirical evidence answer the much-debated questions, which is more...
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
World Bank, Development Research Group, Regulation and Competition Policy,
[2000]
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| Series: | Policy research working papers (Online) ;
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| Summary: | Disappointment with insider trading in Russia, with voucher privatization in the Czech Republic, and with the privatization of infrastructure in many developing countries has spawned new critiques of privatization. How do theory and empirical evidence answer the much-debated questions, which is more important to performance, competition or private ownership? Are state enterprises more subject to welfare-reducing interventions by government than private firms are? Do state enterprises suffer more from problems of corporate governance? |
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| Item Description: | Title from title screen as viewed on Oct. 15, 2002. "August 2000"--Cover. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. Also available in print. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-67). |
| Additional Physical Form available Note: | Also available in print. |