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Potential of the state to control privatized firms |
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| Authors: | Jan Hanousek,Evžen Kočenda | ||
| Affiliation: | (1) CERGE-EI, Charles University and the Academy of Sciences, Politickych veznu 7, P.O. Box 882, 111 21 Prague, Czech Republic;(2) The William Davidson Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, USA;(3) CEPR, London, UK;(4) Euro Area Business Cycle Network, London, UK | ||
| Abstract: | The privatization strategy in many transition economies involved the creation of a special government agency that administered state property during privatization programs as well as after the privatization was declared complete. The National Property Fund (NPF) was the agency in the Czech Republic. In many firms the state kept property long after the privatization was completed. We analyze the control potential of the state exercised through the NPF via the control rights associated with capital stakes in firms along with special voting rights provided by law. Based on a complete data set on assets as well as the means of control in privatized firms we conclude that for most of the 1994–2005 period, the state control potential was extensive and certainly larger than has been found by earlier research.
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| Keywords: | Privatization State control potential Golden share Strategic firms | ||
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