Scott Gehlbach

John S. Earle

We analyze the role of privatization in creating a constituency for economic reform, markets, and democratic institutions, focusing on the Czech Republic. Drawing on a 1996 survey, we examine the 1,459 respondents' opinions on reforms, economic policies and systems, the legitimacy of transition, and democratic values. Using ordered probit estimation, we find that receiving property through restitution is strongly associated with support for reform and markets. Concerning voucher privatization, we find positive effects for participants retaining shares, but little impact of participation alone. Our simulations suggest that policy designs have substantial consequences for citizens' support of reforms, markets, and democracy.

Privatization and Popular Support for Reform in the Czech Republic

A Spoonful of Sugar

Roman Frydman

Andrzej Rapaczynski

Joel Turkewitz

The authors describe and analyze all the programs with the help of which shops, restaurants, and service establishments have been privatized in the three most advanced postcommunist countries and provide detailed quantitative evidence concerning all aspects of the small privatization process.

The Transformation of Retail Trade and Consumer Services in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland

Small Privatization

Privatization Methods and Productivity Effects in Romanian Industrial Enterprises

John S. Earle

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