The Different Extent of Privatization Proceeds in OECD Countries: A Preliminary Explanation Using a Public-Choice Approach

Ansgar Belke, Frank Baumgärtner, Friedrich Schneider () and Ralph Setzer

FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, 2007, vol. 63, issue 2, 211-243

Abstract: This paper empirically investigates the differences in the motives for raising privatization proceeds for a panel of 22 OECD countries from 1990 to 2001. We test whether privatizations can be mainly interpreted (a) as a means to foster growth, increase tax income, and relax the fiscal stance, (b) as a result of right-wing governments' more market-oriented policy stance, and (c) as a reaction to a country's institutional setting and the influence of interest groups. Whereas we are able to corroborate claim (c) only partly, we gain consistent evidence in favor of claims (a) and (b).

Keywords: European Union; panel analysis; partisan theory; privatization proceeds; state-owned enterprises (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E62 H42 L33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1628/001522107X220080

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