Abstract
The number of privatization transactions occurring in the world continues to grow apace. Predictions are that over $6 trillion in privatization assets will be sold over the next 20 years. 1 And while the academic debate continues, practitioners continue to garner lessons on how to overcome both technical and political obstacles to implementing privatization transactions. The emerging lessons indicate that it is possible to achieve considerable efficiency and welfare gains from privatization. The real challenges are in finding creative mechanisms for overcoming the political impediments to privatization. The author analyzes the shift in focus from whether efficiency gains are possible with privatization to how to distribute the benefits. Recent innovations to address political constraints are analyzed, such as the greater use of markets to assess the value of firms, the use of giveaways to garner political support, and the array of instruments available to appease nationalistic fears of foreign takeover.
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