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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450782503321

Autore

Brucker Herbert <1960, >

Titolo

Privatization in Eastern Germany : a neo-institutional analysis / / Herbert Brucker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Portland, Or. : , : Frank Cass, , 1997

ISBN

1-135-77744-6

1-280-14173-5

0-203-98912-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Collana

GDI book series ; ; no. 8

Disciplina

338.9/2

Soggetti

Privatization - Germany (East)

Electronic books.

Germany (East)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published in association with the German Development Institute, Berlin."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-283).

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 2 Why Privatization?; 3 Transaction Costs of Privatization; 4 Distributive and Welfare Effects of Privatization; 5 Transformation of the Legal and Economic Framework; 6 Strategy and Results of Treuhand-Privatization; 7 Transaction Costs of Rehabilitation Contracts; 8 Rehabilitation versus Privatization: A Comparative Analysis; 9 Conclusions; Notes; References

Sommario/riassunto

This text gives an analysis of privatization and restructuring by the Treuhandanstalt in East Germany. It also addresses the theoretical and conceptual problems of large-scale privatization in the transformation process.