There is a continuing debate on whether or not ownership changes accompanying privatization of state-owned enterprises … of telecommunication firms around the world, 4 years before and 4 years after privatization, using two parallel measures … could corroborate stronger evidence for or against maintained hypothesis of performance improvements after privatization …

and revisits policy implications. Practical implications – No one policy fits all in Indonesia for privatization programme …

This paper examines the fiscal impact of privatization revenues in 47 developing countries. There are many reasons that … privatization is attractive for the central government of developing countries. If substantial, these revenues from the sale of … state owned enterprises can present a potential solution to persistent deficits. On the other hand, the privatization …

We use new firm-level data to examine the effects of firm divestitures and privatization on corporate performance in a …'s profitability but do not alter its scale of operations, while the effect of privatization depends on the resulting ownership … structure – sometimes improving performance and sometimes bringing about decline. The effects of privatization are thus more …

Privatization and market liberalization are widely considered to be complementary reforms in transition economies. This … pursued too vigorously, privatization may actually impede the transition process following market liberalization. Our result … analysis, less than full privatization is optimal when the costs of learning are sufficiently important. …