Public versus private ownership [electronic resource] : the current state of the debate / Mary Shirley and Patrick Walsh.
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TextSeries: Policy research working papers ; 2420. | World Bank e-LibraryPublication details: Washington, DC : World Bank, Development Research Group, Regulation and Competition Policy, [2000]Subject(s): Competition | Government ownership -- Developing countries | Government ownership -- Europe, Eastern | Government ownership | PrivatizationAdditional physical formats: Shirley, Mary M.: Public versus private ownership.LOC classification: HG3881.5.W57Online resources: Click here to access online Also available in print.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?
"August 2000"--Cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-67).
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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