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The Different Extent of Privatisation Proceeds in EU Countries: A Preliminary Explanation Using a Public Choice Approach

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Ansgar Belke () (University of Hohenheim and IZA Bonn)
Frank Baumgärtner (University of Hohenheim)
Friedrich Schneider () (University of Linz and IZA Bonn)
Ralph Setzer (University of Hohenheim)

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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).

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 1741.

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Keywords: European Union; panel analysis; partisan theory; privatisation proceeds; state-owned enterprises;

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H42 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Publicly Provided Private Goods
E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy
L33 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Boundaries of Public and Private Enterprise; Privatization; Contracting Out

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  1. Bernardo Bortolotti & Paolo Pinotti, 2008. "Delayed privatization," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 136(3), pages 331-351, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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