Winners and Losers from Utility Privatization in Argentina. Lessons from a General Equilibrium Model

The economics rates of return for utility privatization projects in Argentina are very high, wheter or not distributional weights are considered. But there is a very high shadow price for regulatory activity, which tends to be ignored in most privatization exercises. And how serious a government is about the fair distribution of gains from reform is reflected in how serious it is about regulation.

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Year of publication:	1999-03-01
Authors:	Chisari, Omar ; Estache, Antonio ; Romero, Carlos
Institutions:	Instituto de Economía, Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE)
Subject:	General Equilibrium Model \| economics rates \| utility privatization \| regulatory activity

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	UADE Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	The text is part of a series UADE Working Papers Number 3_1999 41 pages
Classification:	D40 - Market Structure and Pricing. General ; D50 - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium. General ; L90 - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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