The transition process has had different distributional impacts across different interest groups and countries. These … have led to differences in the support for transition. In this paper, we study support attitudes for both the economic and … political transition using data from the New Barometer Surveys for 14 transition economies from 1991 to 2004. We document that …

, politically and economically strong conglomerates in transition and developing countries. The model predicts that oligarchs are …

capita. This is true for three groups of countries analyzed separately - 17 developed, 9 developing, and 11 transition - and …

, politically and economically strong conglomerates in transition and developing countries. The model predicts that oligarchs are …

for a sample of CEEC/CIS transition countries. We investigate empirically whether structural reforms are complements or …

This paper analyzes, using country-level panel data from transition economies and Latin America, the impact of labor … (transition countries) and the World Bank (LAC countries). We find that a more regulated labor market (higher EPL) increases the …

, but increased slightly during the transition, while job destruction rose markedly. Heterogeneity in firm employment change … during the socialist period, while they have made a strong positive contribution during the transition. Privatization and …

During the transition from plan to market, managers and politicians succeeded in maintaining control of large parts of … model, measure and investigate this process empirically. This paper tries to fill this gap by putting forward theory and … ability to influence law enforcement. Our econometric results, for about 950 firms in five transition economies, provide …

economic transformation and rapid economic growth. We focus on the Polish transition experience, and explore individuals' self …