Productive efficiency and private/public ownership: a short review of the economic literature

Darío Ezequiel Díaz
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Darío Ezequiel Díaz: Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política de Buenos Aires (IIEP- BAIRES).

Revista de Economía Política de Buenos Aires, 2015, issue 14, 135-154

Abstract: This paper aims to conduct a thorough historical and current systematization of the academic literature regarding the relationship between public/private ownership of the company and its efficiency. Currently, three different schools of thought concerned with the comparison between private and public company are: a) Theory of Agency/Property Rights; 2) Public Choice Theory; and 3) organization theory.

Keywords: Production efficiency; public/private ownership (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H40 L33 L51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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