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Despite strong growth performance in transition economies in the last decade, residents of transition countries report … explanations of this phenomenon. First, we document that the disparity in life satisfaction between residents of transition and non-transition … macroeconomic volatility, and a mismatch of human capital of residents educated before transition which disproportionately affected …
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Empirical evidence on the relationship between democracy and economic reforms is scarce, limited to few reforms and countries and for few years. This paper studies the impact of democracy on the adoption of economic reforms using a new dataset on reforms in the financial, capital, public, and...
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Three hypotheses about the nature of federal tax arrears in Russia in the second half of the 1990s are tested empirically. Tax arrears can be a result of: 1) liquidity problems in firms, 2) redistribute subsidies of the federal government, or 3) regional political resistance to federal tax...
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China’s reform worked and produced some of the most impressive growth in the largest developing and transition economy … developing and transition economy that has great growth potential, it is not enough to study the conventional ‘best … initial conditions and to function as stepping stones in the transition toward the goal. Underlying China’s reform is a serial …
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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 …
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property. Economic hardships during transition increase support for revising privatization due to the perceived unfairness of … privatization, but does affect how economic hardships during transition shape these attitudes. …
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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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The transition paths from plan to market have varied markedly across countries. Central and Eastern European and the … stage of transition, underscoring the importance of reforms. The role of the state sector as an employer during transition … de la période de transition<BR>On a pu constater des passages bien différents d’un système planifié vers un système de …
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Recent Eurobarometer survey data are used to document and explain the stock of social capital in 27 European countries. Social capital in Central and Eastern Europe – measured by civic participation and access to social networks – lags behind that in Western European countries. Using...
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’. Ukraine and Russia began the market transition with broadly similar institutions, industrial structures and levels of … transition.<P>Le secteur manufacturier russe et la menace du « syndrome néerlandais » Comparaison du développement de la …’industrie manufacturière en Russie serait affectée par le ‘syndrome néerlandais’. L’Ukraine et la Russie ont commencé leur transition vers l …
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