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Privatization and nationalization cycles

Author:	Chang, Roberto; Hevia, Constantino; Loayza, Norman;	Collection Title:	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5029Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP)
Country:	World;	Date Stored:	2009/08/31
Document Date:	2009/08/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Major Sector:	Public Administration, Law, and Justice
Rel. Proj ID:	1W-Growth, Innovation, And Reform -- -- P102585;	Region:	The World Region
Report Number:	WPS5029	Sub Sectors:	Central government administration
SubTopics:	Political Economy; Economic Theory & Research; Emerging Markets; Markets and Market Access; Labor Policies	TF No/Name:	TF057095-KCP:
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: This paper studies the cycles of nationalization and privatization in resource-rich economies as a prime instance of unstable institutional reform. The authors discuss the available evidence on the drivers and consequences of privatization and nationalization, review the existing literature, and present illustrative case studies. This leads to the main contribution of the paper: a static and dynamic model of the choice between private and national regimes for the ownership of natural resources. In the model, the basic tradeoff is given by equality (national ownership) versus efficiency (private ownership). The connection between resource ownership and the equality-efficiency tradeoff is given by the incentives for effort that each regime elicits from workers. The resolution of the tradeoff depends on external and domestic conditions that affect the value of social welfare under each regime. This leads to a discussion of how external conditionsﾗsuch as the commodity priceﾗand domestic conditionsﾗsuch as the tax system-- affect the choice of private vs. national regimes. In particular, the analysis identifies the determinants of the observed cycles of privatization and nationalization.


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