Partial Privatization and Incomplete Contracts - The Proper Scope of Government Reconsidered

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Description: In this paper it is argued that privatization is not the only alternative to public ownership. Adopting the incomplete contract approach, it is shown that partial privatization may well be the optimal ownership structure.
Patrick W. Schmitz
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