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Management and employee buyouts in the context of mass privatization in Romania

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dc.contributor.authorValsan, Calinen
dc.contributor.committeechairThompson, G. Rodneyen
dc.contributor.committeememberChance, Donald M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLittlefield, Jamesen
dc.contributor.committeememberPatterson, Douglas M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTideman, Nicolausen
dc.contributor.departmentFinanceen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:11:51Zen
dc.date.adate2006-05-11en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:11:51Zen
dc.date.issued1996en
dc.date.rdate2006-05-11en
dc.date.sdate2006-05-11en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this research is to present privatization in Romania, and in particular to analyze Management and Employee buyouts as a variety of insider privatization that is unique to Romania. The institutional setting and a short chronology of privatization from 1991 to 1995 is presented. The question of why outsiders consistently pay premiums above book value when acquiring state-owned companies while insiders pay only approximately book value is investigated. Based on the available evidence it is contended that adverse selection prevents uninformed outsiders, foreign companies, and national residents as well, from investing on a large scale in the companies offered for sale. Outsiders are willing to buy the companies only when they have enough information, acquired either from insiders or using their own business skills. It is very likely that outsiders seek investment opportunities rather than assets already in place, because information on assets already in place is relatively more difficult to obtain. When outside investors are interested in taking over a company, they bid up the price and crowd out capital constrained insiders. In the absence of competition from outsiders, book value is the default price, and workers and managers are the only potential buyers. Workers and managers are granted preferential financing from the government in order to acquire state-owned firms. When interpreted in the broader context of mass privatization, this approach might be preferred by the government because it is populist and relatively expedient. When other methods failed to produce satisfactory results in Romania, Management and Employee Buyouts appeared to be the only method that keeps privatization going.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.extentvii, 99 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05112006-154822en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05112006-154822/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/27650en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V856_1996.V357.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 35286277en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1996.V357en
dc.titleManagement and employee buyouts in the context of mass privatization in Romaniaen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineFinanceen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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