A Spoonful of Sugar: Privatization and Popular Support for Reform in the Czech Republic

John Earle and Scott Gehlbach
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Scott Gehlbach: University of California--Berkeley, and CEFIR, Moscow

Economics and Politics, 2003, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-32

Abstract: We analyze the role of privatization in creating a constituency for economic reform, markets, and democratic institutions, focusing on the Czech Republic. Drawing on a 1996 survey, we examine the 1,459 respondents" opinions on reforms, economic policies and systems, the legitimacy of transition, and democratic values. Using ordered probit estimation, we find that receiving property through restitution is strongly associated with support for reform and markets. Concerning voucher privatization, we find positive effects for participants retaining shares, but little impact of participation alone. Our simulations suggest that policy designs have substantial consequences for citizens" support of reforms, markets, and democracy. Copyright 2003 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Date: 2003
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