Privatization Versus Competition: Changing Enterprise Behavior in Russia

John Earle and Saul Estrin

No 70, William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series from William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Abstract: We investigate whether competitive forces and privatization have yet began to play an efficiency-enhancing role in Russia. We also explore the economic effects of harder budget constraints on enterprise behavior. The empirical work is based on a large enterprise panel of Russian firms 1990-94, representing around 10% of Russian manufacturing output. We conclude that privatization is having an impact on enterprise efficiency and restructuring but domestic market structure and harder budget constraints for the most part are not. Intriguingly, Russian firms are found to be sensitive to the degree of import penetration.

Keywords: privatization; competition; economic transition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D73 P00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: pages
Date: 1997-01-01
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Working Paper: Privatisation versus Competition: Changing Enterprise Behavior in Russia (1996)
Working Paper: Privatisation versus competition: changing enterprise behavior in Russia (1996)
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