A framework is developed for macroeconomic policy analysis in four countries of Central Europe (CE) in transition to EU …

This paper examines the inflation targeting experience in three transition countries: the Czech Republic, Poland and … with disinflation. A key lesson from the experience of the inflation targeting transition countries is that economic … central banks in transition countries do not engage in active manipulation of the exchange rate. The relationship between the …

Transition in Central Europe is four years old. State firms which dominated the economy are struggling with market … increasing. Will this process of transition accelerate, or slow down? Will unemployment keep increasing? Can things go wrong and … standard, that of the transition from a low to a high productivity sector. But we pay attention to two aspects which strike us …

Small business owners and others in self-employment have the option to transition to paid work. If there is initial … with experimentation to learn about earnings. This pattern motivates estimating the expected returns to entrepreneurship … found to constitute a substantial portion of the monetary value of entrepreneurship. The model is then used to evaluate …

Why do levels of entrepreneurship differ across America's cities? This paper presents basic facts on two measures of … entrepreneurship: the self-employment rate and the number of small firms. Both of these measures are correlated with urban success … entrepreneurship is linked to a large number of small firms in supplying industries. Finally, there is a strong connection between area …

Immigrants contribute disproportionately to entrepreneurship in many countries, accounting for a quarter of new … employer businesses in the US. We review recent research on the measurement of immigrant entrepreneurship, the traits of …

, we find that 6% of Republicans and 4% of Democrats become entrepreneurs. This partisan entrepreneurship gap is time …-varying: Republicans increase their relative entrepreneurship during Republican administrations and decrease it during Democratic … entrepreneurship around the elections of President Obama and President Trump, and the strongest effects among the most politically …