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Inflation Targeting in Transition Countries : Experience and Prospects

Jonas, Jiri - 2003

This paper examines the inflation targeting experience in three transition countries: the Czech Republic, Poland and …

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On the Speed of Transition Central Europe

Aghion, Philippe - 1994

Poland so far. We then develop a model and use it to think about the determinants of the speed of transition and the level of … unemployment. Finally, we return to the role of policy and the future in Poland, as well as the causes of cross-Central European …

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What Directions for Labor Market Institutions in Eastern and Central Europe?

Freeman, Richard B. - 1992

Poland, Hungary. and Czechoslovakia and develop a model of changing support for reforms during the transition to a market … massive vacancies. The dispersion of wages increased substantially in Hungary and Poland though not in Czechoslovakia. My …

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Property Rights and Finance

Johnson, Simon; Woodruff, Christopher; McMillan, John - 2002

Which is the tighter constraint on private sector investment: weak property rights or limited access to external finance? From a survey of new firms in post-communist countries, we find that weak property rights discourage firms from reinvesting their profits, even when bank loans are available....

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Trade protection and industry wage structure in Poland

Goh, Chor-ching - 2005

"This study examines the impact of Poland's trade liberalization 1994-2001 on the industry wage structure. The … liberalization was undertaken in preparation for Poland's accession to the European Union and was more pronounced in industries with …

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Large Fiscal Episodes and Sustainable Development : Some International Evidence

Aizenman, Joshua; Jinjarak, Yothin; Nguyen, Hien Thi Kim; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

sustainable development indicators (prosperity, resilience, and inclusivity). We provide country studies of Chile, Poland, South …

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Macroeconomic Planning and Disequilibrium : Estimates for Poland, 1955-1980

Portes, Richard - 1983

planned economy(CPE).The data are from Poland for the period 1955-1980, but the analysis is more general and will be applied … the major macroeconomic variables in Poland and other CPEs.The overall framework is applicable to any large organization …

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Planning the Consumption Goods Market : Preliminary Disequilibrium Estimates for Poland, 1955-1980

Portes, Richard - 1983

planned economy (CPE).The data are from Poland for the period 1955-1980, but the analysis is more general and will be applied … a unique new data set of time series for plans for the major macroeconomic variables in Poland and other CPEs …

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Were Jews in Interwar Poland More Educated?

Abramitzky, Ran - 2020

In the context of interwar Poland, we find that Jews tended to be more literate than non Jews, but show that this …, and people in cities were more educated than people in villages regardless of their religion. The case of interwar Poland …

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COVID-19 and SME Failures

Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier - 2020

We estimate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on business failures among small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in seventeen countries using a large representative firm-level database. We use a simple model of firm cost-minimization and measure each firm's liquidity shortfall during and after...

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