transition countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and the Slovak Republic). Using enterprise survey data we show that the … quality of both formal and informal institutions in East Germany still differs from West Germany. In addition, central … European transition countries are shown to have closed the gap in institutional quality with East Germany in many areas. We …

This paper provides a non-technical summary of a framework for evaluating the transition impact (social returns) of any … transition impacts of infrastructure. …

This paper uses a survey of 3,300 firms in 25 transition countries to shed light on the factors that influence …-year period. We begin by surveying what a decade of transition has taught us about the factors that determine how firms respond to …

liberalisation. Our study hinges on a new survey rich in attitudinal variables: the Life in Transition Survey (LITS) conducted in … 2006 by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the World Bank, in 28 transition countries. Our …

. Energy intensity (defined as energy use per GDP) has decreased in the course of transition, but progress has been uneven and … most transition countries still use several times as much energy per unit of output as their Western peers. This paper …

This paper examines the different strategies adopted by individuals in transition economies to cope with labour market … restructuring. Using micro-data from seven countries at different stages of transition, we focus on “active” coping strategies, in … and is more significant in the advanced transition countries of central Europe, where entrepreneurs tend to be male …

This paper examines the performance of 515 banks in 16 transition economies for the years 1994-99 based on their public …