This year, the annual CERGE-EI economic survey of the Czech Republic focuses on the proposed fiscal reform and the imminent EU entry. The survey, edited by Dr.Stepan Jurajda and Dr. Libor Dusek and authored by a number of CERGE-EI faculty and junior researchers, covers all aspects of recent...

The annual CERGE-EI economic survey of the Czech Republic provides an overview of the country's recent economic and political developments, as well as its major institutions, business environment, taxes, and other public policies. It also contains a host of data on the Czech Republic and other...

After the turbulent post-election political development in the second half of 2006, the new government set out to implement a series of reforms. The annual CERGE-EI economic survey of the Czech Republic, edited by Dr. Peter Katuscak and Dr. Petr Zemcik, provides a detailed description of the...

On the global scene, the year 2008 was characterized by a lingering mortgage crisis in the first half of the year, and an onset of a global financial crisis and the impending recession in the second half of the year. On the background of these events, the annual CERGE-EI economic survey of the...

This paper analyzes the impact of global financial and economic crisis on the process of system transformation in China. First, it details the direct impact of global growth on macroeconomic development and its indirect impact on economic transformation. Second, it analyzes the direct impact of...

This paper analyzes the impact of global financial and economic crisis on the process of system transformation in China. First, it details the direct impact of global growth on macroeconomic development and its indirect impact on economic transformation. Second, it analyzes the direct impact of...

This paper exploits the rapid rise in self-employment rates in post-communist Eastern Europe as a valuable ?quasi-experiment? for understanding the sources of entrepreneurship. A relative demand-supply model and an individual sectoral choice model are used to analyze a 1993 survey of 27,000...