The Privatization Origins of Political Corporations

We show how the sale of state owned firms in dictatorships may lead to the creation of political corporations operating in democracies. Using several novel datasets, we characterize the privatizations of the Pinochet regime in Chile using a data driven algorithm, confirming that some state owned fir...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores Principales: González, Felipe, Prem, Mounu, Urzúa I., Francisco
Otros Autores: Facultad de Economía
Formato: Documento de trabajo (Working Paper)
Lenguaje:Inglés (English)
Publicado: 2018
Materias:
D2
G2
G3
M2
N86
Acceso en línea:http://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/18094