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Purpose: This paper looks at state-owned enterprises (SOEs) from the angle of the market for corporate control and analyzes in detail the reported rationales of a sample of 355 mergers and acquisition (M&A) deals performed by SOEs as acquirers over the period 2002-2012. The purpose of this...

This paper offers a review and discussion of the evidence concerning the underpricing and long-run performance of British PIPOs (Privatization Initial Public Offerings) between 1977 and 1996, i.e. from the first privatization under a Labour Government (British Petroleum), until the last ones by...

In this paper the impact of privatization on macroeconomic performance in the United Kingdom is tested using quarterly data from 1979 to 1999. Privatization proceeds have been included in a simple analytical framework dealing with both demand and supply-side of the economy. Multivariate...