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This paper investigates the effects of cross-ownership on optimal privatization, and vice-versa, in mixed duopoly. It shows that cross-ownership is profitable to the private firm only if the level of privatization of the public firm is sufficiently high. In equilibrium, cross-ownership does not take place even if there is partial privatization. However, the possibility of cross-ownership significantly limits the socially optimal level of privatization in most of the situations. Moreover, it demonstrates that full nationalization is socially optimal, in case of sufficiently convex identical cost functions and homogeneous goods. These results have strong implications to both divestment and competition policies.

The book is concerned with the effects of globalization on living space (I.e. the space of everyday life), focusing specifically on East Asian metropolises, such as Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Shanghai. Globalization has given rise to accessible catch-phrases s

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Books reviewed in this article: The Nationalist Question: Decolonising the Theory of Nationalism. James M. Blaut Resource Communities: Settlement and Workforce Issues. T. B. Brealey, C. C. Neil, and P. W. Newton, eds. The British Empire at Its Zenith. A. J. Christopher Atlas of Disease Distribution: Analytical Approaches to Epidemiological Data. Andrew Cliff and Peter Haggett Urbanization in Asia: Spatial Dimensions and Policy Issues. Frank J. Costa, Ashok K. Dutt, Laurence J.C. Ma, and Allen G. Noble, eds. The Urbanization of the Third World. Josef Gugler, ed. The Carrier Wave: New Information Technology and the Geography of Innovation, 1846-2003. Peter Hall and Paschal Preston Social Change in the Southwest, 1350-1880. Thomas D. Hall The Himalayan Dilemma: Reconciling Development and Conservation. Jack D. Ives and Bruno Messerli The American Backwoods Frontier: An Ethnic and Ecological Interpretation. Terry G. Jordan and Matti Kaups Chinatowns: Towns within Cities in Canada. David Chuenyan Lai Peripheralisation and Industrial Change. G. J. R. Linge, ed. Sanpete Scenes: A Guide to Utah's Heart. Gary B. Peterson and Lowell C. Bennion The Middle West: Its Meaning in American Culture. James R. Shortridge Postmodern Geographies: The Reassertion of Space in Critical Social Theory. Edward W. Soja Borderland. Origins of the American Suburb, 1820-1939. John R. Stilgoe