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Effects of privatization and ownership in transition economies
Estrin, Saul (contributor) - 2009
"The paper evaluates the effects of privatization in the post-communist economies and China. In post-communist economies privatization to foreign owners results in a rapid improvement in performance of firms, while performance effects of privatization to domestic owners are less impressive and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394105
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Services policies in transition economies : on the European Union and the World Trade Organization as commitment mechanisms
Eschenbach, Felix - 2006
"The authors analyze the extent to which the EU-15 and 16 transition economies used the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) to commit to service sector policy reforms. They compare GATS commitments with the evolution of actual policy stances over time. While there is substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522111
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Services policy reform and economic growth in transition economies, 1990-2004
Eschenbach, Felix - 2005
"Major changes have occurred in the structure of former centrally planned economies, including a sharp rise in the share of services in GDP, employment, and international transactions. However, large differences exist across transition economies with respect to services intensity and services...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522537
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Reforming education finance in transition countries : six case studies in per capita financing systems
2011
This book reviews the experience with one specific though widely introduced approach to funding general education, namely per capita financing (PCF), in six countries in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region in an effort to learn which outcomes were achieved and how. Per capita financing is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550443
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The performance of Bulgarian food markets during reform
Larson, Donald F. - 2009
Bulgaria and the World Bank on agricultural market institutions, this paper presents evidence that performance in food markets … improved following significant policy reforms in Bulgaria, although public institutions remained weak. This suggests that even …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394170
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Does access to credit improve productivity? : evidence from Bulgarian firms
Gatti, Roberta - 2006
"Although it is widely accepted that financial development is associated with higher growth, the evidence on the channels through which credit affects growth on the micro-level is scant. Using data from a cross section of Bulgarian firms, the authors estimate the impact of access to credit (as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522140
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Bulgaria's institutions and policies : integrating into pan-european markets
Kaminski, Bartomiej - 2006
"This paper analyzes the process of institutional transformation in Bulgaria and assesses the extent to which it has … dimensions. The external dimension relates to backbone services facilitating trade and Bulgaria's trade policies. As far as the … latter are concerned, the discussion highlights tensions that emerge from duality-regional versus multilateral-in Bulgaria …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522196
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Bulgaria's integration into the pan-European economy and industrial restructuring
Ng, Francis - 2006
"This paper looks at Bulgaria's industrial restructuring through the lenses of its evolving specialization in … can be summarized as follows: (1) Developments in Bulgaria's exports, its major drivers and factor content, during the … transition economies that have stayed the reform course. (2) The evolution of Bulgaria's total exports in terms of factor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522197
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Why is unemployment so high in Bulgaria?
Rutkowski, Jan - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523418