A fundamental question in economics since the 1930s has been whether an administrative price system could simulate the results of perfect competition even without a true market for the means of production. The theoretical possibility of such a system has been known since the introduction of...

We analyze the extent of the integrated control of the state over privatized firms during the post-privatization decade (1995–2005) in the Czech Republic. During this period the integrated control potential of the state resembled a corporate pyramid. While pyramidal control was not fully...

This paper discusses the privatisation process in the Czech Republic and its influence on corporate governance. While in 1989 the private sector totalled less than 1 per cent of the GDP, at the end of 1996 more than 70 per cent of the GDP was produced by the private sector. Large‐scale...

This paper discusses the privatisation process in the Czech Republic and its influence on corporate governance. While in 1989 the private sector totalled less than 1 per cent of the GDP, at the end of 1996 more than 70 per cent of the GDP was produced by the private sector. Large-scale...

The paper evaluates the effects of privatization in the post-communist economies and China. In post-communist economies privatization to foreign owners results in a rapid improvement in performance of firms, while performance effects of privatization to domestic owners are less impressive and...

Learning is a subject of intense research in experimental economics. We contribute to this debate by presenting persuasive evidence that learning took place among uninformed heterogeneous agents on a quasi-stock market during a large-scale natural experiment that by size, incentives, and...