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The Privatisation of the British Public Sector: An Assessment of a Policy Innovation

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The Privatization of Public Utilities

Part of the book series: Central Issues in Contemporary Economic Theory and Policy ((CICETP))

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The privatisation of public utilities is a universal phenomenon throughout the world. Started as a policy innovation in Britain during the early 1980s it has occupied a place on the policy agenda of the major industrialised countries, the newly developing countries and those of the former eastern European communist bloc. Not all countries have, of course, pursued privatisation with equal vigour. Amongst the countries of the OECD Britain has been one of the most strident advocates of privatisation policy.

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  1. University of Leicester, UK

    Peter M. Jackson

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  1. University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Italy

    Mario Baldassarri (Professor of Economics) (Professor of Economics)

  2. CONSOB, Rome, Italy

    Alfredo Macchiati (Head of Economic Research Department) (Head of Economic Research Department)

  3. University of Urbino, Italy

    Diego Piacentino (Associate Professor of Public Finance) (Associate Professor of Public Finance)

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Jackson, P.M. (1997). The Privatisation of the British Public Sector: An Assessment of a Policy Innovation. In: Baldassarri, M., Macchiati, A., Piacentino, D. (eds) The Privatization of Public Utilities. Central Issues in Contemporary Economic Theory and Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25255-8_4

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