This paper employs a new empirical approach for identifying the impact of government spending on the private sector … impact of government spending on private sector economic activity …

In a cross-section of countries, government regulation is strongly negatively correlated with social capital. We … model is that individuals in low trust countries want more government intervention even though the government is corrupt. We … government's role, as well as on changes in beliefs and in trust during the transition from socialism …

Poland so far. We then develop a model and use it to think about the determinants of the speed of transition and the level of … unemployment. Finally, we return to the role of policy and the future in Poland, as well as the causes of cross-Central European …

This paper examines the inflation targeting experience in three transition countries: the Czech Republic, Poland and … central bank and the government in these countries has been quite difficult, but this can be alleviated by having a direct … government involvement in the setting of the inflation target and with a more active role of the central bank in communicating …

Poland, Hungary. and Czechoslovakia and develop a model of changing support for reforms during the transition to a market … changes in labor outcomes. Successor unions to the official trade unions remained on the union scene. Central government taxed … massive vacancies. The dispersion of wages increased substantially in Hungary and Poland though not in Czechoslovakia. My …

econometric identification problems. Furthermore, using data from the late 90s from transition Russia, it is argued that one …

This paper develops a large-scale, dynamic life-cycle model to simulate Russia's demographic and fiscal transition … under favorable and unfavorable fossil-fuel price regimes. The model includes Russia, the U.S., China, India, the EU, and … Japan+ (Japan plus Korea). The model predicts dramatic increases in tax rates in the U.S., EU, India, and Russia. Indeed …

Political and economic transition is often blamed for Russia's 40% surge in deaths between 1990 and 1994. Highlighting … the campaign's end explains a large share of the mortality crisis - implying that Russia's transition to capitalism and …