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Income, demand and privatization

Corrado Benassi et al.

Journal of Economics2025https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-025-00899-warticle
AJG 2ABDC B
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Abstract

The question raised in this paper is whether and how some core features of income distribution, e.g. the income levels or income inequality, should be relevant in the decision to privatize public firms. The paper provides a first answer in the framework of mixed oligopoly theory. In particular, we show that the scope for privatization is widened when the market is poorer, and when incomes become more concentrated. These unexpected results are accounted for in terms of the way distributional shocks alter the allocative inefficiency of imperfectly competitive markets.

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@article{corrado2025,
  title        = {{Income, demand and privatization}},
  author       = {Corrado Benassi et al.},
  journal      = {Journal of Economics},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-025-00899-w},
}

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0.37

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.16 × 0.4 = 0.06
M · momentum0.53 × 0.15 = 0.08
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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