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East Germany: Transition With Unification - Experiments and Experiences
Strauch, Rolf; von Hagen, Jürgen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
East Germany remains unique among the transition economies. Soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, it became … well as local capacities. Third, the Kohl government's policy towards East German transition, driven by short …
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Mind the Break! Accounting for Changing Patterns of Growth during Transition
Fidrmuc, Jan; Tichit, Ariane - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136785
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Privatization Methods and Economic Growth in Transition Economies
Bennett, John; Estrin, Saul; Maw, James; Urga, Giovanni - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
sector and capital market development, on economic growth in transition economies. Mass privatization is found to be the only …
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Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints
Karlan, Dean S.; Osei, Robert; Osei-Akoto, Isaac; Udry, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
The investment decisions of small-scale farmers in developing countries are conditioned by their financial environment. Binding credit market constraints and incomplete insurance can reduce investment in activities with high expected profits. We conducted several experiments in northern Ghana in...
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The Impact of Consulting Services on Small and Medium Enterprises: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Mexico
Bruhn, Miriam; Karlan, Dean S.; Schoar, Antoinette S - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We test whether managerial human capital has a first order effect on the performance and growth of small enterprises in emerging markets. In a randomized control trial in Puebla, Mexico, we randomly assigned 150 out of 432 small and medium size enterprises to receive subsidized consulting...
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Trust and Search in Vietnam's Emerging Private Sector
Haggard, Stephan; McMillan, John; Woodruff, Christopher - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
This paper investigates how start-up firms in Vietnam operate in the face of two significant market frictions: a poorly developed legal system and inadequate market information. We argue that these two market frictions actually offset each other. Poor market information and the consequent...
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A Minimum of Rivalry: Evidence from Transition Economies on the Importance of Competition for Innovation and Growth
Carlin, Wendy; Schaffer, Mark E; Seabright, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
transition countries. These data have three main advantages. First, while in a market economy firms face widely divergent needs … agencies; and we collect data directly on various measures of innovative activity. Third, the fact that transition countries … presence of at least a few competitors is effective both directly and through improving the efficiency with which the rents …
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Enterprise Restructuring in Transition: A Quantitative Survey
Djankov, Simeon; Murrell, Peter - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
We survey the empirical literature analysing the process of enterprise restructuring in transition economies. The …
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Does access to credit improve productivity? Evidence from Bulgarian firms
Gatti, Roberta; Love, Inessa - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
Although it is widely accepted that financial development is associated with higher growth, the evidence on the channels through which credit affects growth at the microeconomic level is scant. Using data from a cross section of Bulgarian firms, we estimate the impact of access to credit, as...
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Enterprise Break-ups and Performance During the Transition
Lizal, Lubomir; Singer, Miroslav; Svejnar, Jan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997
(1991) effect on productive efficiency and profitability of industrial firms. The effect was positive for small to slightly …
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