Critics of globalization claim that foreign ownership of privatized firms is linked to negative post-privatization … already better restructured before privatization. Additionally, this paper does not find evidence that foreign participation …

develop a model of employment regulation and test its implications using data from the World Bank's World Business Environment … Latin America face a greater regulatory disadvantage vis-à-vis locals compared to other regions of the world, though this is …

and legal reasons. There is some hesitation about privatization, as for foreign direct investment, and, where accepted …, about the precise timing. Where privatization of basic service monopolies occurs, the role of the state shifts towards a …