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Performance and capital structure of privatized firms in the european union

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  • Patricia Bachiller

    () (Departamento de Contabilidad y Finanzas. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales. Universidad de Zaragoza.)

  • María José Arcas

    (Departamento de Contabilidad y Finanzas. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales. Universidad de Zaragoza.)

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    The objective of this paper is to analyze whether there are differences in performance between firms that have been privatized and private firms in the EU. We also analyze whether previous ownership (state-owned versus private) and regulation affect capital structure. Focusing on economic reasons that justify privatizations, we compare the differences in the profitability, leverage and labor intensity of privatized firms in the EU countries with a matched-pairs sample of private firms, during the period 1999-2002. For the total sample, we have found evidence that privatized firms are more profitable, less leveraged and more efficient than private firms. With respect to capital structure, for the total sample, privatization and regulation determine leverage, being the privatized firms less leveraged and the regulated firms more leveraged. However, we have found important differences between zones.

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    Paper provided by Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad de Zaragoza in its series Documentos de Trabajo with number dt2006-02.

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    Keywords: privatization; efficiency; capital structure; European Union;

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    1. Gemma Larramona & Marcos Sanso, 2005. "Migration dynamics, growth and convergence," Documentos de Trabajo dt2005-09, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad de Zaragoza.
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    3. Antonio Estache & S. Jarvela & Luis Correia da Silva, 2006. "Is Debt Replacing Equity in Regulated Privatized Infrastructure in Developing Countries?," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/43915, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
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