This Paper surveys the existing empirical research that uses search theory to analyse empirically labour supply … questions in a structural framework, using data on individual labour market transitions and durations, wages, and individual … dynamic optimization theory. We develop a general framework for the labour market where the search for a job involves dynamic …

varies across regions. We study the effects of privatization, the importance of different types of owners, the effects of …

Using panel data of 19 developed economies in the period 1985-2000, we show that share issue privatization (SIP …

privatization, but most respondents prefer to leave firms in private hands. We examine who wants to revise privatization and why …. Respondents with poor human capital and few assets support revising privatization due to a preference for state over private … property. Economic hardships during transition increase support for revising privatization due to the perceived unfairness of …

The paper presents a theoretical analysis of the relationship between privatization and public deficit finance. We … examine the optimal magnitude of public asset sales and the extent to which privatization can be used to reduce taxes, or, to … retire public debt, for two cases. In the first, standard case, privatization proceeds are used directly to finance the …

. However, privatization may increase quality by fostering performance-improving innovation, particularly if combined with … difference-in-difference-in-difference approach. The results indicate that privatization and the associated increase in …