This thesis contributes to the literature on ownership and soft budget constraint (SBC). The first chapter reviews the formal literatures on soft budget constraint and privatization. The second chapter is an empirical work that studies whether privatization has an impact on macroeconomic performance in transition economies. We find that privatization has a positive impact on output level if and only if the dominant method of privatization is gradual sales. The third chapter is an original microeconometric work that studies which firms have a SBC. We use subjective data that elicits expectations of obtaining an extension of a loan in case of financial troubles. We find that managers' expectations are higher when the initial financing require...
Privatization and Restructuring of large industrial companies is one of the most important and most ...
To ascertain the prevalence of soft budgets and to find causes of softness, we surveyed 251 privatiz...
The paper develops a simple theoretical framework in which the impact of different governance struct...
This thesis contributes to the literature on ownership and soft budget constraint (SBC). The first c...
This thesis contributes to the literature on ownership and soft budget constraint (SBC). The first c...
This thesis contributes to the literature on ownership and soft budget constraint (SBC). The first c...
This thesis contributes to the literature on ownership and soft budget constraint (SBC). The first c...
We propose a new cause for the pervasive syndromes of soft budget constraint (SBC) in socialist and ...
I consider the application of János Kornai’s soft budget constraint (SBC) concept to the state capit...
In recent years a vast transfer of state-owned assets to the private sector has taken place in many ...
We study the impact of government’s budget constraint on the privatization decision of increasing re...
This paper will argue that the continued existence of state‐owned enterprises (SOE) soft budget cons...
This paper surveys the theoretical literature on the effect of soft budget constraints on economies ...
The paper develops a simple theoretical framework in which the impact of different governance struct...
The paper develops a simple theoretical framework in which the impact of different governance struct...
Privatization and Restructuring of large industrial companies is one of the most important and most ...
To ascertain the prevalence of soft budgets and to find causes of softness, we surveyed 251 privatiz...
The paper develops a simple theoretical framework in which the impact of different governance struct...
This thesis contributes to the literature on ownership and soft budget constraint (SBC). The first c...
This thesis contributes to the literature on ownership and soft budget constraint (SBC). The first c...
This thesis contributes to the literature on ownership and soft budget constraint (SBC). The first c...
This thesis contributes to the literature on ownership and soft budget constraint (SBC). The first c...
We propose a new cause for the pervasive syndromes of soft budget constraint (SBC) in socialist and ...
I consider the application of János Kornai’s soft budget constraint (SBC) concept to the state capit...
In recent years a vast transfer of state-owned assets to the private sector has taken place in many ...
We study the impact of government’s budget constraint on the privatization decision of increasing re...
This paper will argue that the continued existence of state‐owned enterprises (SOE) soft budget cons...
This paper surveys the theoretical literature on the effect of soft budget constraints on economies ...
The paper develops a simple theoretical framework in which the impact of different governance struct...
The paper develops a simple theoretical framework in which the impact of different governance struct...
Privatization and Restructuring of large industrial companies is one of the most important and most ...
To ascertain the prevalence of soft budgets and to find causes of softness, we surveyed 251 privatiz...
The paper develops a simple theoretical framework in which the impact of different governance struct...