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Privatization, Efficiency, and Economic Growth

In: The Socio-Economic Transformation

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  • Thorvaldur Gylfason

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Privatization is shown to increase national economic output in a two-sector full-employment general-equilibrium model by enhancing efficiency as if a relative price distortion were being removed through price reform, trade liberalization, or stabilization. The static output gain from reallocation and reorganization through privatization is captured in a simple formula in which the gain is a quadratic function of the original distortion stemming from an excessive public sector. Substitution of plausible parameter values into the formula indicates that, in practice, the static output gain from privatization may be large. The potential dynamic output gain from privatization also appears to be substantial.

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  • Thorvaldur Gylfason, 2007. "Privatization, Efficiency, and Economic Growth," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Zbigniew Nahorski & Jan W. Owsiński & Tomasz Szapiro (ed.), The Socio-Economic Transformation, chapter 0, pages 31-50, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-37903-9_3
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230379039_3
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    1. Innocent U Duru & Millicent Adanne Eze & Abubakar Sadiq Saleh & Benedict I Uzoechina & Gabriel O Ebenyi & Ekechi Chukwuka, 2022. "Exchange Rate Volatility and Exports: The Nigerian Scenario," Asian Journal of Empirical Research, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 12(1), pages 11-28.
    2. Emanuele Bacchiocchi & Massimo Florio, 2008. "Privatisation and aggregate output: testing for macroeconomic transmission channels," Empirica, Springer;Austrian Institute for Economic Research;Austrian Economic Association, vol. 35(5), pages 525-545, December.
    3. Andrzej Cieślik & Łukasz Goczek, 2018. "Corruption, Privatisation and Economic Growth in Post-communist Countries," Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 70(8), pages 1303-1325, September.
    4. , Aisdl, 2017. "Privatization of Vietnam Airlines: a successful reform or a timid policy step," OSF Preprints wknfq, Center for Open Science.
    5. Mai, Nhat Chi, 2022. "Privatization of Vietnam Airlines: A successful Reform or A Timid Policy Step," OSF Preprints duwym, Center for Open Science.
    6. Kant, Chander, 2018. "Privatization and growth: natural experiments of European economies in transition," MPRA Paper 90302, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    Total Output; Trade Liberalization; Financial Capital; Golden Rule; Production Frontier;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
    • P11 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Planning, Coordination, and Reform

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