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Politicians and Firms

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  • Shleifer, Andrei
  • Vishny, Robert

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We present a model of bargaining between politicians and managers that explains many stylized 'facts about the behavior of state firms, their commercialization, and privatization. Subsidies to public enterprises and bribes from managers to politicians emerge naturally in the model. We use the model and several extensions to understand why commercialization and privatization might work, and what forces contribute to effective restructuring of public enterprises. We illustrate the model using examples from several countries

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  • Shleifer, Andrei & Vishny, Robert, 1994. "Politicians and Firms," Institute for Policy Reform Working Paper Series 294852, Institute for Policy Reform.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:iprwps:294852
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.294852
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