The political economy of privatization / edited by Thomas Clarke and Christos Pitelis.
Contributor(s): Clarke, Thomas
| Pitelis, Christos.
Material type: 
BookPublisher: London : Routledge, 1993Description: [xv], 483 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0415086302.Subject(s): Privatization | Privatization -- Case studiesDDC classification: 338.925 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 338.925 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00074982 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In The Political Economy of Privatization the authors assess the success of privatization. The work is an international study of the extensive privatization, and the pressure towards privatization, in different parts of the world. The book includes:
* A study of the relationship between ownership and performance;
* An assessment of the importance of market structure and regulation;
* A discussion of privatization strategies within the public sector;
* Individual country case-studies, looking at the experience of different countries engaged in the contrasting approaches to privatization.
* A critical assessment of the much vaunted relationship between ownership and efficiency.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Ownership and performance -- Part II: Market structure and regulation -- Part III: Privatization strategies within the public sector -- Part IV: Privatization in advanced industrial economies -- Part V: Privatization in Eastern Europe -- Part VI: Privatization in developing countries.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Thomas Clarke is Professor of Coporate Governance at Leeds Buusiness School, Leeds Metropolitan University.Christos Pitelis is the Barclays Bank Lecturer in Industrial Organization & Corporate Strategy at the Judge Institute of Management Studies and Official Fellow in Economics at Queen's College ,University of Cambridge.