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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2005, 2005
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| Series: | Studies in Economic Transition
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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 |
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| Physical Description: | XVIII, 214 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780230504349 |