1990 to 2003. The estimating equation is augmented with country- and time-specific variables for methods of privatization … and other factors potentially relevant to growth in transition economies. It is found that 'mass privatization' is … associated with faster growth, but the other privatization methods have no significant impact. The findings suggest that in the …

1990 to 2003. The estimating equation is augmented with country- and time-specific variables for methods of privatization … and other factors potentially relevant to growth in transition economies. It is found that ‘mass privatization’ is … associated with faster growth, but the other privatization methods have no significant impact. The findings suggest that in the …

The present paper analyzes the impacts of total labor productivity and efficiency in Oman State. As a Gulf state it has … industries relative to abundant fishing potentials, labor productivity and technical changes in addition to available capital are …

multifactor productivity (MFP), which plays a crucial role in GDP growth and accounts for a significant share of its cross … productivity. Both privatisation and entry liberalisation are estimated to have a positive impact on productivity. In manufacturing …

-technology firms. At the same time, both privatization and entry liberalization are estimated to have a positive impact on productivity … privatization policies as a possible source of cross-country dispersion in growth outcomes. They suggest that, despite extensive … liberalization and privatization in the OECD area, the cross-country variation of regulatory settings has increased in recent years …

-invested firms grow in size but not in productivity compared with non-invested firms over a four-year horizon. Decomposing foreign … group firms resulting in little effect on productivity or growth but leading to growth in stand-alone firms. Foreign …