01921cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF001550 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451924732 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Husain, Aasim. Does Sequencing of Privatization Matter in Reforming Planned Economies? / Aasim Husain, Ratna Sahay. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1992. 1 online resource (38 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Although a centerpiece of the reform process in Central and Eastern Europe, large-scale privatization cannot be undertaken all at once and policymakers inevitably face the choice of privatizing some sectors before others. This paper analyzes the allocative efficiency implications of alternate sequences of privatization in a reforming planned economy with two sectors-an input-producing upstream sector and a final goods-producing downstream sector. The model focuses on the link, through a market for intermediate inputs, between the two sectors. The impact of exogenous shocks to the two sectors are highlighted to show how the inflexibility of public firms in responding to shocks constrains the production response of private firms operating in perfectly as well as imperfectly competitive markets. Mode of access: Internet Albania imf Sahay, Ratna. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1992/013 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1992/013/001.1992.issue-013-en.xml IMF e-Library