Chong, Alberto; López-de-Silanes, Florencio - Economics Research, World Bank Group
Privatization is under attack. Beginning in the 1980s, thousands of failing state-owned enterprises worldwide have been … turned over to the private sector. But public opinion has turned against privatization. A large political backlash has been … record of privatization and are the criticisms justified? This report evaluates the empirical evidence on privatization in a …