Public versus private ownership
Subtitle: the current state of the debate
By: Mary Shirley and Patrick Walsh.
Contributors: Walsh, Patrick P.; World Bank. Development Research Group. Regulation and Competition Policy.
Series: Policy research working paper ;; 2420; Policy research working papers (Online) ;; 2420.
Publisher: World Bank, Development Research Group, Regulation and Competition Policy
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Government ownership.; Privatization.; Government ownership -- Europe, Eastern.; Government ownership -- Developing countries.; Competition.
Description: Disappointment with insider trading in Russia, with voucher privatization in the Czech Republic, and with the privatization of infrastructure in many developing countries  has spawned new critiques of privatization. How do theory and empirical evidence answer the much-debated questions, which is more important to performance, competition or private ownership? Are state enterprises more subject to welfare-reducing interventions by government than private firms are? Do state enterprises suffer more from problems of corporate governance?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-67).
Title from title screen as viewed on Oct. 15, 2002.
"August 2000"--Cover.
Also available in print.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.