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Why Do Governments Divest?
Alfred Schipke
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Description for Why Do Governments Divest?
hardcover. Microeconomic efficiency arguments have become the standard justification for the divestment of public assets. This book presents an alternative view, and argues that short-term macroeconomic considerations are often the true motive behind privatization programmes. Num Pages: 141 pages, 14 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KJVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 393.
On an unprecedented scale, nations at all income levels and across the political spectrum have initiated privatization programs over the past twenty years. In the course of this privatization movement, microeconomic efficiency arguments have become the standard justification for the divestment of public assets. This book presents an alternate view and argues that short-term macroeconomic considerations are often the true motive behind privatization programs. Why Do Government Divest? The Macroeconomics of Privatization is a comprehensive treatment of the macroeconomic issues of privatization. In addition to reviewing topics in economic growth and efficiency, this book explores the fiscal, monetary, balance-of-payments, ... Read more Show Less
On an unprecedented scale, nations at all income levels and across the political spectrum have initiated privatization programs over the past twenty years. In the course of this privatization movement, microeconomic efficiency arguments have become the standard justification for the divestment of public assets. This book presents an alternate view and argues that short-term macroeconomic considerations are often the true motive behind privatization programs. Why Do Government Divest? The Macroeconomics of Privatization is a comprehensive treatment of the macroeconomic issues of privatization. In addition to reviewing topics in economic growth and efficiency, this book explores the fiscal, monetary, balance-of-payments, ... Read more Show Less
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
141
Condition
New
Number of Pages
141
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540415794
SKU
V9783540415794
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Why Do Governments Divest?
From the reviews of the first edition: "The policy of privatization – selling state-owned firms to the private sector - has grown from its relatively modest roots in Mrs. Thatcher’s Britain during the 1980s to be a world-scale phenomenon. … This is the theme of Schipke’s short, tightly focused and very useful book. … In ... Read more