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Privatization in Malaysia : regulation, rent-seeking, and policy failure / Jeff Tan.

By: Tan, Jeff, 1965-.
Series: Routledge Malaysian studies series ; 6. Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2008Description: xvi, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780415428217 (hbk.).Subject(s): Privatization -- Malaysia | Privatization -- Malaysia -- Case studies | Malaysia -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 338.9595105
Contents:
List of tables. - Acknowledgements. - Abbreviations. - 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. - Notes. - References. - Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of tables. - Acknowledgements. - Abbreviations. - 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. - Notes. - References. - Index.