The Problems of Privatization: An International Analysis

by Bernardo Bortolotti and Domenico Siniscalco

Book Overview

This book provides the first systematic empirical analysis of privatization processes worldwide to explain how and why governments privatize. Privatization is shown to be a difficult process, shaped by political preferences and budgetary constraints, often pursued in the absence of suitable economics and legal institutions. As a result, in most cases, the process has been partial and incomplete, so that private ownership tends to coexist with public...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199249342
• ISBN13: 9780199249343
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.5"