Does privatization enhance or deter small enterprise formation?

Authors
Berkowitz, D Holland, J
Citation
D. Berkowitz et J. Holland, Does privatization enhance or deter small enterprise formation?, ECON LETT, 74(1), 2001, pp. 53-60
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
ECONOMICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01651765 → ACNP
Volume
74
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
53 - 60
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-1765(200112)74:1<53:DPEODS>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Small enterprises are a growth engine in post-socialist economies. We argue that privatization can either enhance or deter small enterprise formation via its impact on the local business environment. We then show that in Russ ia small-scale privatization deterred small enterprise formation, while lar ge-scale privatization enhanced it. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All righ ts reserved.