Why Do Governments Divest? The Macroeconomics of Privatization
题名:
Why Do Governments Divest? The Macroeconomics of Privatization
ISBN:
9783642566820
个人著者:
版:
1st ed. 2001.
PRODUCTION_INFO:
Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
物理描述:
VIII, 141 p. online resource.
内容:
1 Introduction -- 2 Economic Growth and Efficiency -- 2.1 Growth theories and empirical growth studies -- 2.2 The impact of privatization on output -- 2.3 Social security and privatization -- 2.4 Summary -- 3 The Politics of Privatization -- 3.1 Political-economy theories of macroeconomic policymaking -- 3.2 Government behavior and privatization -- 3.3 Summary -- 4 Fiscal Considerations of Privatization -- 4.1 The intertemporal budget constraint -- 4.2 Ricardian equivalence -- 4.3 The one period budget constraint -- 4.4 Fiscal motives of large industrialized economies: privatization in Germany and EMU -- 4.5 Summary -- 5 Macroeconomic Considerations of Privatization -- 5.1 Monetary aggregates and inflation -- 5.2 Balance-of-payments crises -- 5.3 Employment considerations of privatization -- 5.4 Political considerations and retrenchment benefits: the case of Pakistan -- 5.5 Summary -- 6 Modeling the Effects of Privatization -- 6.1 Outline of the framework -- 6.2 Baseline scenario -- 6.3 Privatization scenarios -- 6.4 Summary -- 6.5 Appendix -- 7 Coming Full Circle: The Case of Jamaica -- 7.1 Background -- 7.2 The role of the government and Jamaica's growth puzzle -- 7.3 Jamaica's political system and half-hearted reforms -- 7.4 Summary -- 8 Summary and Conclusion -- References.
摘要:
On an unprecedented scale, nations at all income levels and across the political spectrum have initiated privatization programs over the past twenty years. In the course of this privatization movement, microeconomic efficiency arguments have become the standard justification for the divestment of public assets. Why Do Governments Divest? The Macroeconomics of Privatization presents an alternate view. This book argues that short-term macroeconomic considerations are often the true motive behind privatization programs, allowing politicians to exploit privatization for political gain by manipulating macroeconomic aggregates. Macroeconomic considerations can also influence the nature of privatization efforts, delaying necessary reforms in an effort to prevent undesirable short-run consequences. This focus on short-term objectives tends to hinder the achievement of economic efficiency and to impede progress towards higher living standards.
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语言:
英文