TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Belke, Ansgar H.
AU  - Baumgärtner, Frank
AU  - Schneider, Friedrich
AU  - Setzer, Ralph
        TI  - The Different Extent of Privatisation Proceeds in EU Countries: A Preliminary Explanation Using a Public Choice Approach
        PY  - 2005/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1741
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp1741
        AB  - This paper empirically investigates the differences in the motives of raising privatisation proceeds for a panel of EU countries from 1990 to 2000. More specifically, we test whether privatisations can be mainly interpreted (a) as ingredients of a larger reform package of economic liberalisation in formerly overregulated economies, (b) as a reaction to an increasing macroeconomic problem pressure and (c) as a means to foster growth and increase tax income and relax the fiscal stance with an eye on the demands by integration of economic and financial markets. Whereas we are able to corroborate claim (a) only partly, we gain consistent evidence in favour of claims (b) and (c).
        KW  - privatisation proceeds
KW  - partisan theory
KW  - panel analysis
KW  - European Union
KW  - state-owned enterprises
        ER  -