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von Furstenberg, G. Optimal Privatization for Gaining Political Support. Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital, 24(2), 147-174. https://doi.org/10.3790/ccm.24.2.147
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Optimal Privatization for Gaining Political Support

von Furstenberg, George M.

Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital, Vol. 24 (1991), Iss. 2 : pp. 147–174

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George M. von Furstenberg, Bloomington/Indiana

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Abstract

Pareto-Optimal Privatization for Gaining Political Support

The events in Eastern Europe that came to a head in the fall of 1989 have sparked a search for privatization procedures that would speed the conversion from government to market-directed economies and help elicit a positive supply response by prying enterprises away from government bureaucracies. So far, however, no politically-successful approach to rapid privatization has been found. There is a high risk of coordination failure and political impasse associated with moving slowly. To reduce this risk, this paper explores how much leeway there is for building broad support for privatization by instituting a (Pareto-optimal) process from which many will gain and no one with a politically legitimate claim can initially lose.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
George M. von Furstenberg: Pareto-Optimal Privatization for\rGaining Political Support 147
I. Introduction 147
II. Recent Approaches to Privatization in East and West 148
1. Speed is Essential for Success 149
2. Social Ethics and Politics 151
3. Recent Proposals of Concessional Privatization 152
III. Political Safety Standards for Privatization 153
1. Fiscal Indemnification 153
2. Personal Indemnification 156
3. Distribution of the Net Gains 157
IV. Privatizing Public Housing for its Tenants 159
1. Privatization and the Gains from Trade 159
2. Efficiency Gains 160
3. Reservation Prices 161
4. Expediting Privatization 162
V. Mobilizing Support for Privatizing Socialist Industry 164
1. Uncertain Valuations 164
2. Combining Equality and Efficiency 165
3. Combining Fiscal and Investor Indemnification 167
4. Vouchers to Deal with Monetary Overhang? 169
VI. Conclusion 171
References 172
Summary: Pareto-Optimal Privatization for Gaining Political Support 174
Zusammenfassung: Pareto-optimale Privatisierung zur Gewinnung politischer Unterstützung 174
Résumé: Privatisation optimale de Paréto pour gagner le soutien politique 174

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