Supporters of state presence in economic activities cite the potential for catalyzing growth in new sectors or ensuring the wider availability of goods or services for the public, particularly in response...
This paper proposes a sector taxonomy of the rationale for the presence of state-owned enterprises in specific industries. The taxonomy is conceptualized only on an efficiency-based rationale for state...
This paper develops a novel methodology to construct a harmonized cross-country database of the state’s footprint in markets: the Businesses of the State database. The methodology of the database is built...