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Join the debate on whether the New Zealand government should sell 100% or 49% of its SOE stake. Explore the impact of public versus private ownership on efficiency and governance. Discover the current state of the debate and the potential gains from full privatisation. Get insights from key research papers and financial data.
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THE PUBLIC FINANCE DEBATES: “The New Zealand Government should sell 100% of its SOE stake, not 49%” Proponent: Paul Dyer
Outline • The NZ debate to date. • Why public vs private ownership matters. • How have NZ SOEs actually been operating, and will anything change? The VUW-GEN Public Finance Debates October 24, 2012
Growth of the Crown Balance Sheet Source: Budget 2012 and FY2012 Financial Statements The VUW-GEN Public Finance Debates October 24, 2012
NZ’s equity investment with the world is essentially balanced Source: Statistics NZ, Balance of Payments, Table 11 The VUW-GEN Public Finance Debates October 24, 2012
Public v private ownership turns on three questions: • Does competition matter more than ownership? • Are SOEs subject to welfare reducing interventions? • Are SOE governance problems intractable? Mary M. Shirley and Patrick Walsh, “Public vs Private Ownership: The Current State of the Debate”, World Bank Research Paper 2420, Mar 2001. The VUW-GEN Public Finance Debates October 24, 2012
Studies of operating efficiency, public vs private ownership Mary M. Shirley and Patrick Walsh, “Public vs Private Ownership: The Current State of the Debate”, World Bank Research Paper 2420, Mar 2001. The VUW-GEN Public Finance Debates October 24, 2012
How large are the gains? William Megginson and Jeffry Netter, “From State to Market: A survey of Empirical Studies of Privatisation””, J. Economic Literature, June 2001 The VUW-GEN Public Finance Debates October 24, 2012