Jeff Tan

Privatization in Malaysia (eBook, ePUB)

Regulation, Rent-Seeking and Policy Failure

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores privatization in Malaysia, focusing in particular on how political constraints resulted in the failure of four major privatizations: the national sewerage company (IWK), Kuala Lumpur Light Rail Transit (LRT), national airline (MAS), and national car company (Proton).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134089147
• Artikelnr.: 38248332

Autorenporträt

Jeff Tan is a political economist at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His other research interests are in regulation, state capacity, industrial policy, institutions and governance.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Why Privatize? 2. Privatization, Rents and Rent Seeking 3.
Institutional and Political Failure: Privatization in Malaysia 4. Universal
Access and Private Provision: Malaysia's National Sewerage 5. The Fallacy
of Privatized Urban Rail: Kuala Lumpur Light Rail Transit 6. Perverse
Incentives: Malaysia Airlines 7. Rents and Industrial Upgrading: Proton 8.
Summary and Conclusion