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calendar_month Publicación: 01/10/2020

Privatization and business groups: Evidence from the Chicago Boys in Chile

Autor: Felipe Aldunate, Felipe González, Mounu Prem, Francisco Urzúa

Business groups are the predominant organizational structure in modern Chile. This article tests the long-standing hypothesis that the privatization reform implemented by the “Chicago Boys” during the Pinochet regime facilitated the creation of new groups and hence the renovation of the country’s elites. Using new data we find that firms sold during this privatization later became part of new business groups, process aided by an economic crisis that debilitated traditional elites. Moreover, some firms were bought by Pinochet’s allies and were later used as providers of capital within groups. We conclude that privatizations can empower outsiders to replace business elites.

Fuente: Explorations in Economic History

Volume 78, October 2020, 101355

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