Leviathan resists : the endogenous relationship between privatization and firm performance
Arin, K. Peren and Ulubasoglu, Mehmet Ali 2009, Leviathan resists : the endogenous relationship between privatization and firm performance, Public choice, vol. 140, no. 1-2, pp. 185-204, doi: 10.1007/s11127-009-9418-y.
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Leviathan resists : the endogenous relationship between privatization and firm performance
Using a panel dataset of privatized cement firms in Turkey, this paper models and finds support for the simultaneous relationship between privatization and firm performance. It is found that favorable short-run performance, weak market potential, higher employment, lower socio-economic development, concentrated voter preferences, and weaker representation of right-wing parties in the firms’ locality delay the timing of privatization. The paper also finds that privatization increases output in the medium-term by reducing the labor stock and promoting the adoption of more advanced technology, such that production shifts from constant to decreasing returns to scale.
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