We argue that econometric analyses based on transition countries’ data can be vulnerable to structural breaks across …-oriented reforms. We find robust evidence that the pattern of growth in transition has changed at least two times, yielding thus three …

This paper examines aspects of speed and sequencing of restructuring and privatization in economies in transition. It …

economic transition. The big bang approach emphasizes the importance of windows of opportunity when ex ante political … reforms so as to build, at each stage of transition, constituencies for further reform. …

This paper analyses the political economy of transition in the Soviet Union since Perestroika. It is argued that no … necessitating an increase in the speed of economic transition, in a situation where the political conditions for further reform had … transition and stabilization delays the adoption of necessary economic measures. …

We present a model of large-scale economic reforms, modelled on the transition process in Eastern Europe, with …

This Paper explores interactions between growth, economic liberalization and democratization during transition. The … results can be summarized as follows: (1) Liberalization has a strong positive effect on growth during transition. This holds … democracy (after controlling for progress in economic liberalization) is negative during early transition. (4) The progress in …