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Old-age security in transition economies

Fox, Louise - 1994

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Effects of privatization and ownership in transition economies

Estrin, Saul; Hanousek, Jan; Kočenda, Evžen; Švejnar, Jan - 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...

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Public finance, governance, and growth in transition economies : empirical evidence from 1992 - 2004

Pushak, Taras; Tiongson, Erwin R.; Varoudakis, … - 2007

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Finding a balance between growth and vulnerability trade-offs : lessons from emerging Europe and the CIS

Ghosh, Swati R.; Sugawara, Naotaka; Zalduendo, Juan - 2011

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Political connections and financial constraints : evidence from transition countries

Bussolo, Maurizio; De Nicola, Francesca; Panizza, Ugo; … - 2019

This paper examines whether political connections ease financial constraints faced by firms. Using firm-level data from six Central and Eastern European economies, the paper shows that politically connected firms: (i) have high levels of leverage, (ii) have low levels of profitability, (iii) are...

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Taking down the wall : transition and inequality

Cevik, Serhan; Correa-Caro, Carolina - 2020

This paper investigates the main determinants of income inequality in transition countries during the period 1990 … inequality: the potential endogeneity of income growth, which is largely ignored by most empirical studies. We adopt a two … relationship between income inequality and the level of economic development. We also find that the redistributive impact of fiscal …

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New Evidenceon Fiscal Adjustment and Growth in Transition Economies

Gupta, Sanjeev - 2006

This paper analyzes the relationship between fiscal adjustment and real GDP growth in a panel of 26 transition economies during 1992-2001. Unlike most previous studies using cross-country regressions, the paper finds a positive and statistically significant relationship between fiscal adjustment...

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Labor Market Institutions and Unemployment Dynamics in Transition Economies

Garibaldi, Pietro - 1997

This paper studies interactions between labor market institutions and unemployment dynamics in transition economies. It presents a dynamic matching model in which state sector firms endogenously shed labor and private job creation takes time. Two main conclusions arises. First, higher...

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Informality and Regulations : What Drives Firm Growth?

Dabla-Norris, Era - 2007

The paper relies on a rich firm-level data set on transition economies to examine the role of informality as an important channel through which regulatory and other policy constraints affect firm growth. We find that firms reduce their formal operations with a higher tax and regulatory burden,...

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Skill Acquisition and Firm Creation in Transition Economies

Li, Wenli - 1999

The transition from plan to market has hinged on the development of a dynamic private sector that would serve as the engine of growth and employment creation. This paper examines the link between the availability of skilled workers and the creation of new private firms. Using a dynamic search...

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