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Russia and the Soviet Union Then and Now
Fischer, Stanley - 1992
The main focus of this paper is on the process and progress of economic reform in Russia. But I start with four … historical questions that bear on the current situation. How advanced was Russia in 1913? What relevance, if any, does the New … 1970s and 1980s? What role did Gorbachev's policies play in bringing about the final collapse of the Soviet Union? Russia …
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The Transition Economies After Ten Years
Fischer, Stanley - 2000
While output declined in virtually all transition economies in the initial years, the speed and extent of the recovery that followed has varied widely across these countries. The contrast between the more and less successful transitions, the latter largely in the former Soviet Union, raises many...
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China's Macroeconomic Development : The Role of Gradualist Reforms
Chen, Kaiji; Zha, Tao - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper reviews recent literature on China's macroeconomic development, emphasizing the critical role of the gradualist approach over the past four decades. Beyond China's structural transformation, we explore various aspects such as high saving rates, the housing boom, an expanding current...
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Seeking a premier league economy : the economic effects of British economic reforms, 1980 - 2000 ; [the papers were presented at a preliminary conference and a final conference at...
Card, David E. (ed.); Blundell, Richard W. (contributor);  … - 2004
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Reforming the welfare state : recovery and beyond in Sweden
Freeman, Richard B. (ed.); Swedenborg, Birgitta (contributor) - 2010
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Time-Varying Fund Manager Skill
Kacperczyk, Marcin - 2011
Mutual fund managers can outperform the market by picking stocks or timing the market successfully. Previous work has estimated picking and timing skill, assuming that each manager is endowed with a fixed amount of each and found some evidence of picking skills and little evidence of timing...
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Country studies
Blanchard, Olivier (contributor) - 1994
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The transition in Eastern Europe
Blanchard, Olivier (contributor) - 1994
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Economic Reforms and Labor Markets : Policy Issues and Lessons from Chile
Edwards, Sebastian - 2000
This paper deals with the reform to labor market regulation implemented by Chile during the last twenty years. We concentrate on the reform to job security, on the decentralization of the wage bargaining process, and on the reduction in payroll taxes. Our interest is to understand to what extent...
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Why Have Economic Reforms in Mexico Not Generated Growth?
Kehoe, Timothy J. - 2010
Following its opening to trade and foreign investment in the mid-1980s, Mexico's economic growth has been modest at best, particularly in comparison with that of China. Comparing these countries and reviewing the literature, we conclude that the relation between openness and growth is not a...
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