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Informationen zum Autor Terry L. Anderson is professor of economics at Montana State University and executive director of PERC. Peter J. Hill is professor of economics at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, and senior associate at PERC. Klappentext This volume examines the promises and pitfalls of national and global privatization, providing a variety of perspectives on how privatization can best be achieved. Supported by a wealth of empirical evidence, the contributors assess the institutional changes and economic impact of this worldwide phenomenon. Zusammenfassung This volume examines the promises and pitfalls of national and global privatization! providing a variety of perspectives on how privatization can best be achieved. Supported by a wealth of empirical evidence! the contributors assess the institutional changes and economic impact of this worldwide phenomenon. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction: The Political Economy of Privatization Chapter 2 Privatization for Economic Development Chapter 3 The Missing Ingredient: What Poor Countries Will Need to Make Their Markets Work Chapter 4 Privatization, Incentives, and Economic Performance Chapter 5 Taxation, Enforcement Costs, and the Incentives to Privatize Chapter 6 Growing a Post-Communist Legal System Chapter 7 Spontaneous Privatization in Transition Economies Chapter 8 Bottom-up Privatization: The Czech Experience Chapter 9 The Financial and Operating Performance of Newly Privatized Firms: An International Empirical Analysis Chapter 10 Politics and Property Rights: China's Reform Experiences Chapter 11 Between Mercantilism and Markets: An Analysis of Privatization in Mexico Chapter 12 The Demand and Supply of Property Rights on the Frontier: The Case of North America and Brazil Chapter 13 Can Privatization Succeed in a Western Democracy? Lessons From New Zealand
