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This article provides a general account of the Polish transition from socialist central planning to a market economy … and tries to explicate the main causes of the relative success of this transition. The second section offers an overview … section identifies the relative merits of the Polish economic transition. Five facets of success are cited: the ?shock therapy …
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The author highlights the striking difference between the economic transition of the Czech Republic and Hungary. These …
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transition countries. The paper is based on the idea that the process of convergence can, to a large extent, be viewed via … developments in real exchange rates. Key issues associated with real exchange rate developments in transition countries are defined … data since the outset of transition, though it has slowed in the past two years. Now it appears that the most economically …
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This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of issues related to the restructuring of large industrial enterprises in Central and Eastern Europe. The experience with industrial restructuring in the region to date suggests that policies aimed at promoting restructuring should focus on: (i)...
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The authors contend that the theory of optimum currency areas (OCA) provides a useful framework for discussions of monetary integration. The authors summarize the historical development of monetary integration and discuss possible future development. Theoretical issues, such as those raised in...
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all of the transition countries. The cost of trans- formation of the Czech banking was extremely high. The text is focused …
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The paper is concerned with pension reform in the Czech Republic and abroad. It argues against two opinions: on the one hand, that it is not necessary to do anything, and on the other hand, that a mandatory funded system should be implemented. Both approaches are false, because of creating...
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in transition economies for the above methods of estimating the size of the underground economy to be applicable. …
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