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The Determinants of Asset Stripping: Theory and Evidence from the Transition Economies

Campos, Nauro F; Giovannoni, Francesco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

During the transition from plan to market, managers and politicians succeeded in maintaining control of large parts of … ability to influence law enforcement. Our econometric results, for about 950 firms in five transition economies, provide …

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Reform Redux: Measurement, Determinants and Reversals

Campos, Nauro F; Horváth, Roman - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

We construct objective measures of privatization, internal and external liberalization reform efforts, across countries over time, and investigate their determinants, reversals and macroeconomic impacts. We find that GDP growth determines external liberalization and privatization, concentration...

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Lobbying, Corruption and Political Influence

Campos, Nauro F; Giovannoni, Francesco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

influence using data for about 4000 firms in 25 transition countries. Our results show that (a) lobbying and corruption are …

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Does Market Liberalization Reduce Gender Discrimination? Econometric Evidence from Hungary, 1986-98

Campos, Nauro F; Jolliffe, Dean - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

An alleged achievement of socialism was gender equality in the labour market. Has its collapse shattered this accomplishment? The theoretical literature and attendant empirical evidence are inconclusive. Using data for 2.9 million wage earners in Hungary we find that the male/female difference...

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Growth in Transition: What we Know, What we Don't and What we Should

Campos, Nauro F; Coricelli, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This essay surveys macroeconomic issues that marked the transition from centrally planned to market economy in Central … and Eastern European and former Soviet Union countries. We first establish a set of stylized facts of the transition so …) institutions collapsed, and (7) the transition costs. We then critically survey the theoretical literature on transition …

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