Economic Transition in Central Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States

Fifteen years ago, twenty-seven countries in Europe and Central Asia embarked on their economic transition paths. For some, the outcome was a considerable success. Several others are still struggling to shed the inheritance of the past and to correct more recent policy mistakes. Why were post-Commun...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mickiewicz, Tomasz
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2005, 2005
Series:Studies in Economic Transition
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Fifteen years ago, twenty-seven countries in Europe and Central Asia embarked on their economic transition paths. For some, the outcome was a considerable success. Several others are still struggling to shed the inheritance of the past and to correct more recent policy mistakes. Why were post-Communist recessions so long in some countries and growth disappointing? Why was fiscal performance so different? Was democracy a factor, which facilitated reforms or rather slowed them down? This book discusses these questions in the context of new empirical evidence, including a critical examination of the main themes in the economics of transition literature
Physical Description:XVIII, 214 p online resource
ISBN:9780230504349