The Debate on the state-owned enterprises performance in the country : main arguments

Abstract

The seventh text, by Paulo Kliass, continues the debate on state-owned companies in Brazil. In this study, originally published in December 2018, the author describes the main arguments historically adopted in Brazil against the long tradition of establishing state-owned companies. Among the arguments the following stand out, motivations of ideological nature, the belief in private efficiency, and pragmatic measures to solve fiscal problems.