Economic and Legal Considerations of Optimal Privatization : Case Studies of Mortgage Firms (DePfa Group and Fannie Mae) /

Successful privatization must be accompanied by the complete removal of privileges and any public policy mission. Bank behavior changes rapidly as profit maximation replaces the bureaucratic objective function. Once privileges are granted, they are difficult to remove. Therefore, privatization is a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Garrett, John
Other Authors: Beyer, Hans-Joachim, Dziobek, Claudia
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/069
Online Access:Full text available on IMF

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