JEL classification

Journal of Economic Literature Classification (10805)

L - Industrial Organization (966)

L3 - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise (53)

L33 - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprises; Privatization; Contracting Out (22) Year LSE creators Item Type Departments File available

Article

Bach-Mortensen, Anders, Goodair, Benjamin, Petersen, Ole Helby, Kvist, Jon (2026). Market failure in a universal welfare state? Ownership, quality, and regulation in Danish social services. Social Science & Medicine, 390, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118804 picture_as_pdf

Benson, Allison L. (2021). From targeted private benefits to public goods: land, distributive politics and changing political conditions in Colombia. World Development, 146, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105571 picture_as_pdf

Cooper, Zack, Gibbons, Stephen, Skellern, Matthew (2018). Does competition from private surgical centres improve public hospitals’ performance? Evidence from the English National Health Service. Journal of Public Economics, 166, 63-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.08.002

Dabrowski, Marek, Gomulka, Stanislaw, Rostowski, Jacek (2001). Whence reform? A critique of the Stiglitz perspective. Journal of Policy Reform, 4(4), 291 - 324. https://doi.org/10.1080/13841280108523423

Daidone, Silvio, D'Amico, Francesco (2009). Technical efficiency, specialization and ownership form: evidences from a pooling of Italian hospitals. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 32(3), 203-216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-009-0137-7

Estrin, Saul, Hanousek, Jan, Kocenda, Evzen, Svejnar, Jan (2009). The effects of privatization and ownership in transition economies. Journal of Economic Literature, 47(3), 699-728. https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.47.3.699

Heller-Sahlgren, Gabriel (2017). Smart but unhappy: independent-school competition and the wellbeing-efficiency trade-off in education. Economics of Education Review, 62, 66-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2017.10.005

Hutton, Will, Lee, Neil (2012). The city and the cities: finance, ownership and the geography of recession. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 5(3), 325-337. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rss018

Keen, David (2005). Liberalization and conflict. International Political Science Review, 26(1), 73-89. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512105047897

Lapointe, Simon, Perroni, Carlo, Scharf, Kimberley, Tukiainen, Janne (2018). Does market size matter for charities. Journal of Public Economics, 168, 127-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.10.003 picture_as_pdf

McKenzie, David, Mookherjee, Dilip (2003). The distributive impact of privatization in Latin America: evidence from four countries. Economía, 3(2), 161 - 218. https://doi.org/10.1353/eco.2003.0006 picture_as_pdf

Tian, Lihui, Estrin, Saul (2008). Retained state shareholding in Chinese PLCs: does government ownership always reduce corporate value? Journal of Comparative Economics, 36(1), 74-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2007.10.003

Torero, Máximo, Schroth, Enrique, Pasco-Font, Alberto (2003). The impact of telecommunications privatization in Peru on the welfare of urban consumers. Economía, 4(1), 99 - 122. https://doi.org/10.1353/eco.2004.0002 picture_as_pdf

Report

Machin, Stephen, Van Reenen, John (2007). Changes in wage inequality. (Centre for Economic Performance special papers CEPSP18). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Working paper

Azmat, Ghazala, Manning, Alan, Van Reenen, John (2007). Privatization, entry regulation and the decline of labor's share of GDP: a cross-country analysis of the network industries. London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Besley, Timothy, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2003). Competition and incentives with motivated agents. (Theoretical Economics; TE/2003/465 TE/03/465). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.

Cooper, Zack, Gibbons, Stephen, Skellern, Matthew (2016). Does competition from private surgical centres improve public hospitals’ performance? Evidence from the English National Health Service. (CEP Discussion Paper 1434). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Fernandes, Ana, Tang, Heiwai (2010). The determinants of vertical integration in export processing: theory and evidence from China. (CEP Discussion Paper 980). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Prat, Andrea, Stromberg, David (2005). Commercial television and voter information. (CEPR Discussion Paper 4989). Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).

Smithies, Rachel (2005). Public and private welfare activity in the United Kingdom, 1979 to 1999. (CASEpaper 93). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.

Torrini, Roberto (2005). Profit share and returns on capital stock in Italy: the role of privatisations behind the rise of the 1990s. (CEPDP 671). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Willman, Paul, Bryson, Alex, Gomez, Rafael, Kretschmer, Tobias (2012). Employee voice: a transaction costs perspective. (NIESR discussion paper 399). National Institute of Economic and Social Research.