Bakanova, Marina; Estrin, Saul; Pelipas, Igor; Pukovic, … - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2006
We explore the impact of privatization and the entry of new firms on enterprise performance in Belarus, a transition … economy in which reform and market-orientated institutional development has been limited. We hypothesize that private … ownership will enhance company performance, measured in a variety of ways including profitability and capacity to export to the …