Privatization Methods and Productivity Effects in Romanian Industrial Enterprises

John Earle and Almos Telegdy

No 02-81, Upjohn Working Papers from W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Abstract: Comprehensive panel data on privatization transactions and labor productivity in Romanian industrial corporations are used to describe the post-privatization ownership structure, and to estimate the effect of Romania's diverse privatization policies on firm performance. The econometric results show consistently positive, highly significant effects of private ownership on labor productivity growth, the point estimates implying an increased 1.0 to 1.7 percentage growth for a 10 percent rise in private shareholding. The strongest estimated impacts are associated with sales to outside blockholders; insider transfers and mass privatization are estimated to have significantly smaller-although still positive-effects on firm performance.

Keywords: Romania; privatization; Earle; Telegdy; Upjohn (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G32 G34 L32 L33 P20 P31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002-04
Note: A revised version of this paper appears in the Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 30, No. 4 (December 2002). See http://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/jcecon/v30y2002i4p657-682.html. Please cite this revised version.
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