Privatization in Eastern Germany : a neo-institutional analysis / Herbert Brucker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brücker, Herbert, 1960-

Series:

GDI book series ; no. 8.

GDI book series ; no. 8

Standardized Title:

Privatisierung in Ostdeutschland. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Privatization--Germany (East).

Privatization.

Germany (East).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text gives an analysis of privatization and restructuring by the Treuhandanstalt in East Germany. It also addresses the theoretical and conceptual problems of large-scale privatization in the transformation process.

Contents:

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 2 Why Privatization?; 3 Transaction Costs of Privatization; 4 Distributive and Welfare Effects of Privatization; 5 Transformation of the Legal and Economic Framework; 6 Strategy and Results of Treuhand-Privatization; 7 Transaction Costs of Rehabilitation Contracts; 8 Rehabilitation versus Privatization: A Comparative Analysis; 9 Conclusions; Notes; References

Notes:

"Published in association with the German Development Institute, Berlin."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-283).

ISBN:

1-135-77743-8

1-135-77744-6

1-280-14173-5

0-203-98912-0

9780203989128

OCLC:

226376621