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...

The study is focused on the public-private partnership in health sector in Sri Lanka. As a developing country, Sri Lanka faces a challenging task in order to improve the infrastructure facilities of the country after ending the thirty years of war. There is a requirement to develop the country as a whole along with all the industries such as education, health, transport, agriculture, etc. to me...

This paper is the first paper to present findings evaluating the consequences for employees of full and partial privatization using difference-in-differences combined with propensity score matching. We find: (1) partial privatization causes job creation in contrast to full privatization, which destroys jobs, (2) full privatization causes higher labor productivity improvement than partial privat...

Animal healthcare services (AHS) are crucial for the profitability and sustainability of smallholder dairy production systems. The deteriorating AHS under the control of public sector has oriented towards privatization of these services. Therefore, any study analyzing the potential impact of privatization in terms of willingness to pay for such services by the rural households and access to pri...

This article draws some general connections between privatization and political accountability. Although the main focus of the article is to examine different types of privatization, specifically exploring the ramifications for political accountability of each type, I also engage in some speculation as to whether there are situations in which privatization might raise constitutional concerns re...

Argentina privatized most public utilities during the 1990’s but re-nationalized the main water company in 2006. We study beliefs about the benefits of the privatization of water services amongst low and middle income groups immediately after the 2006 nationalization. Negative opinions about the privatization prevail. These are particularly strong amongst households that did not benefit from pr...

In this paper, we review recent developments in the debate over the role of the private sector in healthcare in Canada, with a particular focus on the two major federal reports that were released in the autumn of 2002, the final report of the Senate Committee on Social Affairs (the Kirby report) and the Romanow Commission report. It is possible to see these reports as representing two polarized...