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Privatization is the reversal of the policy of nationalization and subsidizing industry that has been in effect in many Latin American countries.

Table of Contents

Figures and Tables
Preface
Privatization and the Changing Role of the State in Brazil by Werner Baer and Annibal V. Villela
Privatization and the Role of the State in Post-ISI Mexico by Miguel D. Ramirez
The Regulation of Newly Privatized Firms: An Illustration from Argentina by Manuel Angel Abdala
Privatization: The Role of Domestic Business Elites by Ernest Bartell
Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America during the 1990s by Melissa H. Birch
The Financial Sector in Latin American Restructuring by Kenneth P. Jameson
Privatization with Share Diffusion: Popular Capitalism in Chile, 1985-1988 by William F. Maloney
Liquid Equity Markets as an Engine for Long-Term Growth in Latin America by Diana R. Harrington
Privatization in Spain by Rick L. Chaney and Alan Dye
Index

About the Author

WERNER BAER is a Professor in the Economics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Baer has authored many articles, contributions, and books in English and in Portuguese including The Brazilian Economy: Growth and Development (Praeger, 1989) and U.S. Policy and the Latin American Economies (with D. Coes) (Praeger, 1990).

MELISSA H. BIRCH is Associate Professor of Business Administration, the University of Kansas. Dr. Birch has authored many articles and contributions on economics in Latin America.