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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810108503321

Titolo

Privatization experiences in the European Union / / Marko Kothenburger, Hans-Werner Sinn, and John Whalley, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006

ISBN

0-262-29218-1

1-282-09714-8

9786612097140

0-262-27750-6

1-4294-0999-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (445 p.)

Collana

CESifo seminar series

Altri autori (Persone)

KothenburgerMarko

SinnHans-Werner

WhalleyJohn

Disciplina

338.94/05

Soggetti

Privatization - European Union countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Series Foreword; Introduction; 1 - Privatizing Network Industries; 2 - Network Utilities in the United States: Sector Reforms without Privatization; 3 - Privatization in Austria: Some Theoretical Reasons and Performance Measures; 4 - Privatization in Denmark, 1980-2002; 5 - Privatization and Public Ownership in Finland; 6 - Privatization Experiences in France; 7 - Privatization of Network Industries in Germany: A Disaggregated Approach; 8 - Privatization in Italy, 1993-2003: Goals, Institutions, Outcomes, and Outstanding Issues; 9 - Privatization in Ireland

10 - Pragmatic Privatization: The Netherlands, 1982-200211 - Privatization Policy in Spain: Stuck between Liberalization and the Protection of Nationals' Interests; 12 - The United Kingdom's Privatization Experiment: The Passage of Time Permits a Sober Assessment; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this work, experts evaluate the varied outcomes of privatization experiences in Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the UK.