Economic and Legal Considerations of Optimal Privatization : Case Studies of Mortgage Firms (DePfa Group and Fannie Mae)

Successful privatization must be accompanied by the complete removal of privileges and any public policy mission. Bank behavior changes rapidly as profit maximation replaces the bureaucratic objective function. Once privileges are granted, they are difficult to remove. Therefore, privatization is a one-time (nonreversible) operation. The German mortgage bank, DePfa, went through a carefully planned and lengthy privatization process that was successful. Fannie Mae, the U.S. mortgage firm, became a privately owned institution endowed with special privileges, which led to a quasi-monopoly position. This resulted in suboptimal financial sector performance. Fannie Mae's special privileges have proven resistant to reform efforts.
Publication date: May 1999
ISBN: 9781451849042
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Real Estate-Mortgages , Real Estate-Mortgages , Government and Business , Government and Business , Privatization , financial regulation , state banks , Fannie Mae , DePfa , mortgage , mortgage banks , private mortgage , mortgages

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