TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Hagemeier, Jan
AU  - Svejnar, Jan
AU  - Tyrowicz, Joanna
        TI  - Are Rushed Privatizations Substandard? Analyzing Firm-Level Privatization under Fiscal Pressure
        PY  - 2018/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 11517
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp11517
        AB  - In this paper we provide the first analysis of whether rushed privatizations, usually carried out under fiscal duress, increase or decrease firms' efficiency, scale of operation (size) and employment. Using a large panel of firm-level data from Poland over 1995-2015, we show that rushed privatization has negative efficiency, scale and employment effects relative to non-rush privatization. The negative effect of rushed privatization on the scale of operations and employment is even stronger than its negative effect on efficiency. Our results suggest that when policy makers resort to rushed privatization, they ought to weigh these negative effects against other expected effects (e.g. on fiscal revenue).
        KW  - privatization
KW  - rushed privatization
KW  - efficiency
KW  - firm size
KW  - employment
KW  - performance
        ER  -