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Privatization in Denmark, 1980-2002

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  • Henrik Christoffersen
  • Martin Paldam

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Denmark is one of the most developed welfare states, but also a rather capitalistic state with little public ownership outside the traditional fields of the public sector and the natural monopolies of the network industries. The low level of public ownership corresponds to peoples’ attitude in polls. Nevertheless, 12 privatizations of state companies have been made along with everybody else. No statistics on privatization have been previously published in Denmark. Most of the 12 privatizations are small, and the telephone company provides 76 percent of the total revenue. In the municipal sector, however, most privatization activity appears to be outsourcing.

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  • Henrik Christoffersen & Martin Paldam, 2004. "Privatization in Denmark, 1980-2002," CESifo Working Paper Series 1127, CESifo Group Munich.
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    1. Paldam, Martin, 2003. "Economic freedom and the success of the Asian tigers: an essay on controversy," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 19(3), pages 453-477, September.
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    5. Goergens, Tue & Paldam, Martin & Würtz, Allan, "undated". "How does Public Regulation affect Growth?," Economics Working Papers 2003-14, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University.
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    1. Paldam, Martin, 2004. "Introduction to the 2003 European Public Choice Society plenary lectures: The Nordic welfare state--success under stress," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 20(3), pages 739-742, September.

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    Privatization; outsourcing; capitalist values;

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