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Non-credible privatization

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This paper analyzes government incentives in privatization and shows that governments' cheap talk results in non-credible policy. Ex-post, only bad firms will take a sequential strategy in privatization, which will reveal its type and lead to a price drop. These results are used to analyse China's share issue privatization plan and market reaction to it.

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  • Zhangkai Huang, 2006. "Non-credible privatization," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(14), pages 957-959.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:13:y:2006:i:14:p:957-959
    DOI: 10.1080/13504850500426152
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