IMF Working Papers

Proposals for Privatization in Eastern Europe

By Eduardo Borensztein

April 1, 1991

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Eduardo Borensztein. Proposals for Privatization in Eastern Europe, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1991) accessed November 22, 2024
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Summary

This paper discusses several proposals for a wholesale privatization of public enterprises in Eastern Europe. These proposals include the distribution of ”vouchers” to private citizens as well as the use of mutual funds, privatization companies and other forms of financial intermediaries. The paper analyzes the implications for economic efficiency of the different forms of ownership and control that would emerge from the proposals as well as their main macroeconomic consequences.

Subject: Economic sectors, Financial institutions, Mutual funds, Nonbank financial institutions, Privatization, Public enterprises, Stocks

Keywords: Control problem, Eastern Europe, Enterprise management, Joint stock, Mutual funds, Nonbank financial institutions, Privatization, Privatization company, Privatized enterprise, Public enterprises, Stocks, Supervision system, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    28

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1991/036

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0361991

  • ISBN:

    9781451977905

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

Notes

Also published in Staff Papers, Vol. 38, No. 2, June 1991.