Privatization for Japan

Feasibility of Privatization of Expressway in Japan

Recently, privatization has become very popular worldwide as an efficient means of constructing and operating infrastructure facilities. Like many other countries, Japan also has adopted a policy in favor of privatization, and has privatized several industries. Now, the privatization of expressway projects has become a controversial issue as the Japanese government has begun considering it as o...

Does Privatization of a Postal Savings Bank in Japan Have Economic Value?

Economic theory traditionally supports the viewpoint that government ownership is inefficient and that privatization invariably leads to efficiency improvements. However, there is often frequent opposition to privatization activity because it is difficult to examine and empirically validate the effects of privatization. This is the first study to examine the impact of the privatization of posta...

Performance measurements and impacts of privatization Performance measurement in emerging markets: Control privatization versus revenue privatization

Privatization when Workers Control Firms: Mass Privatization versus MEBO

Liability for Past Environmental Contamination and Privatization

This paper examines the role of liability for past environmental contamination in the privatization processes of Central and Eastern Europe. The theoretical section establishes a link between a risk-averse investor’s amount of information regarding the extent of past environmental contamination (and its cleanup costs) and the investor’s willingness to pay for a particular enterprise, i.e., bid....