a survey of 297 new small enterprises in Romania containing detailed information from the startup date through 2001. We …

productivity for the entire surviving population of initially state-owned industrial corporations in Romania. The data permit us to …

but offsetting in Hungary and Romania, and from small effects of all types in Russia and Ukraine. The positive employment …

relationship according to which democracy is a determinant of economic development? Or is it, conversely, economic development that …

Using a new set of micro evidence from an original survey of 28 transition countries, we show that democracy increases … reformist parties in the former socialist block lies in a deepening of democracy. …

individuals and the prevailing unemployment rate in the country impact perceptions of the effectiveness of democracy. We find that … personal joblessness experience translates into negative opinions about the effectiveness of democracy and it increases the … that democracies are ineffective, regardless of joblessness. People's beliefs about the effectiveness of democracy as …

democracy enhances entry rates for small sized firms but reduces them for medium or large ones. …

. We find that emigration and human capital both increase democracy and economic freedom. This implies that unskilled …