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Hello,

I read somewhere that private buildings are more efficient than state‑owned buildings and bring higher profits to their owners. If that’s true, is there anywhere I can verify it?

Thanks.
 
I think the main thing referred to there is that government buildings have a "waste" attached to them where they lose, like, 50% of their dividends. I think it might show up in the tooltips for dividends for government-owned buildings somewhere?
 
Hello,

I read somewhere that private buildings are more efficient than state‑owned buildings and bring higher profits to their owners. If that’s true, is there anywhere I can verify it?

Thanks.
You can verify it by looking at the Throughput modifier. In that tool tip, hover over the Economy of Scale factor. It will mention a reduction in the EoS due to nationalized buildings (the EoS is reduced by 50% multiplied by the % of nationalized levels).
 
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You can verify it by looking at the Throughput modifier. In that tool tip, hover over the Economy of Scale factor. It will mention a reduction in the EoS due to nationalized buildings (the EoS is reduced by 50% multiplied by the % of nationalized levels).
Thanks, with levels you mean that a building level 10 for example could belong to the state and part of it to the private sector, right?
 
Thanks, with levels you mean that a building level 10 for example could belong to the state and part of it to the private sector, right?
correct.

If you have 10 levels of a building, with 6 being owned by the government and 4 being owned by the private sector, you should see that the EoS has a penalty of -30% (6/10 * -0.5), so instead of a throughput of +9.0% from EoS (+1% for each level beyond 1) it would have a throughput of +6.3% from EoS (9 * 0.7 because 100% - 30% is obviously 70% or 0.7)