by George Yarrow (Contributor), John Stuart Vickers (Author)
The process of selling assests and enterprises to the private sector raises questions about natural monopolies, the efficiency and equity of state-owned versus privately owned enterprises, and industrial policy. This comprehensive analysis of the British privatization program explores these questions both theoretically and empirically.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 474
Edition: UK ed.
Publisher: The M.I.T. Press
Published: 15 May 1988
ISBN 10: 0262720116
ISBN 13: 9780262720113
Book Overview: This book should be required discomfort for the Government'sarmy of advisers, and is guaranteed to give sleepless nightsto any potential regulator. Max Wilkinson , Financial Times