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Transition Economies : How Appropriate is the Size and Scope of Government?

International Monetary Fund - 2001

This paper assesses changes in the size and scope of government in 24 transition economies. Whereas these governments …

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Banking Crises and Bank Resolution : Experiences in Some Transition Economies

International Monetary Fund - 2002

Like most transition economies, Bulgaria, Lithuania, and Mongolia suffered severe banking crises, which had to be …

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Do Government Wage Cuts Close Budget Deficits? : A Conceptual Framework for Developing Countries and Transition Economies

International Monetary Fund - 1996

Real wage declines have been common in the public sector in many countries over substantial periods of time. In several cases, such wage reductions have coincided with a decline in the efficiency of the public sector. In a simple analytical framework, it is shown that higher wage levels alter...

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Recovery and Growth in Transition Economies 1990-1997 : A Stylized Regression Analysis

International Monetary Fund - 1998

This paper analyzes the determinants of growth in 25 transition economies during 1990–97. The paper’s main finding is …

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The Great Contractions in Russia, the Baltics and the Other Countries of the Former Soviet Union : A View From the Supply Side

International Monetary Fund - 2000

The output contractions during the initial transition stages in the Baltics and in Russia and the other CIS countries … collapsing investment and shrinking employment. Sharp declines in productivity, reflecting in part transition-related factors …

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Explaining and Forecasting the Velocity of Money in Transition Economies, with Special Reference to the Baltics, Russia, and other Countries of the Former Soviet Union

International Monetary Fund - 1997

and stabilization in countries in transition. To examine the extent to which these stylized facts conform to the … transition, including the likely pace of remonetization …

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External Borrowing by the Baltics, Russia and Other Countries of the Former Soviet Union : Developments and Policy Issues

International Monetary Fund - 1997

these economies in transition. However, the rapid increase in external debt suggests that consideration also needs to be …

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Pension Reform in the Baltics, Russia, and Other Countries of the Former Soviet Union (BRO)

International Monetary Fund - 1998

paper reviews the measures taken by BRO countries during the transition period to address their pension problems and …

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Cash Shortage in the Former Soviet Union

International Monetary Fund - 1994

An unexpected shortage of banknotes emerged during 1992 in the former Soviet Union. The cash shortage is explained by the asymmetry in the monetary union that prevailed, under which one member (the Russian Federation) controlled banknote production while every member could create deposit money....

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