Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/46705 
Year of Publication: 
1994
Citation: 
[Publisher:] Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) [Place:] Kiel [Year:] 1994
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 632
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute of World Economics (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
The process of selling a state-owned company in former centrally planned economies (CPEs) differs greatly from that of buying a private company in western market economies. While a private seller is normally interested in selling his portfolio expensively, a privatizing agency in CPEs has additional goals: she intends to ensure, e.g., that the purchaser continues the company, makes certain investments or maintains a certain number of jobs. Consequently, these concerns are a potential source of conflict. This paper gives an overview of how the German Treuhandanstalt (THA) copes with the problem. It investigates o first what the THA has done in establishing a contractual framework reflecting her social goals and - second how effective this framework has been in realizing them. The results are mixed: the THA has been very successful in putting an investor on the chain. However, she has invested a lot of money. Time must tell whether the results make all these efforts worthwhile.
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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