Privatization in Eastern Germany: Management Selection and Economic Transition

This paper suggests that management's role in enterprise restructuring and market failures in the managerial labor market help explain important features of the German privatization program. A model of adverse selection based on information advantages for private owners demonstrates how privati...

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Published in:The American economic review 1997-09, Vol.87 (4), p.565-597
Main Author: Dyck, I J Alexander
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Adverse selection
Business enterprises
Business management
Business organization and administration
Business structures
Economic change
Economic models
Economic policy
Economic reform
Economics
Efficiency
Employment
Finance
Financial management
Germany
Germany (East)
Human resources
Investment strategies
Labor market
Labor markets
Labour market
Management
Management reports
Market
Ownership changes
Privatization
Productivity
Statistical analysis
Studies
Transitions
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subjects Adverse selection
Business enterprises
Business management
Business organization and administration
Business structures
Economic change
Economic models
Economic policy
Economic reform
Economics
Efficiency
Employment
Finance
Financial management
Germany
Germany (East)
Human resources
Investment strategies
Labor market
Labor markets
Labour market
Management
Management reports
Market
Ownership changes
Privatization
Productivity
Statistical analysis
Studies
Transitions
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