thumb|250px|right|Privatization voucher used in [[Czechoslovakia]]
thumb|Russian 'privatization check (voucher)', 1992
Voucher privatization (, ) is a privatization method where citizens are given or can inexpensively buy a book of vouchers that represent potential shares in any state-owned company. Voucher privatization has mainly been used in the early to mid-1990s in the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe, including Bulgaria, Slovenia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
See also
- History of post-Soviet Russia
- Viktor Kožený
- Privatization in Russia
External links
- David Ellerman, "Lessons From East Europe’s Voucher Privatization", The Capital Ownership Group (virtual think tank).