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Privatisation in Poland: Ten Years After

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  • Maciej Baltowski
  • Tomasz Mickiewicz

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The purpose of this article is to compare economic discussion on privatisation, expected privatisation outcomes and actual results in Poland. First it discusses the privatisation of state enterprises in the broader context of the economic transformation programme designed and introduced at the end of 1989 and the beginning of 1990. It examines the choice of privatisation methods, the political economy of privatisation and the three major policy issues: pace of privatisation, sequence of privatisation and the authority to initiate and carry out privatisation. The final section compares privatisation blueprints and actual results. The appendix presents a detailed technical guide to the privatisation methods in Poland and a basic set of figures illustrating the outcome.

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  • Maciej Baltowski & Tomasz Mickiewicz, 2000. "Privatisation in Poland: Ten Years After," Post-Communist Economies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(4), pages 425-443.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pocoec:v:12:y:2000:i:4:p:425-443
    DOI: 10.1080/14631370050216498
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    1. Robert Chudzik, 1998. "Banks as 'agents of change': Experience with restructuring of bad debts in Poland," Post-Communist Economies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(4), pages 467-493.
    2. Iraj Hashi, 1999. "The Polish National Investment Fund Programme: Mass Privatisation With A Difference," Working Papers 995, Staffordshire University, Business School.
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