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Defying the odds: initial conditions, reforms and growth in the first decade of transition
Falcetti, Elisabetta; Raiser, Martin; Sanfey, Peter - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) - 2000
stabilisation and structural reforms – as determinants of growth in transition economies during the first 10 years. The paper has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008595697
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Social capital in transition: a first look at the evidence
Raiser, Martin; Haerpfer, Christian; Nowotny, Thomas; … - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) - 2001
This paper provides what we believe to be the first collection of data on social capital in the transition countries of … of the link between social capital and growth during transition. Unlike in market economies, in transition countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008595707
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Schooling Quality in Eastern Europe: Educational Production During Transition
Ammermueller, Andreas; Heijke, Hans; Woessmann, Ludger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
We estimate educational production functions for seven Eastern European transition countries, using student-level TIMSS … first group that features high mean test scores and has progressed far in transition, large effects of family background on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703258
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Nature’s blessing or nature’s curse: the political economy of transition in resource-based economies
Esanov, Akram; Raiser, Martin; Buiter, Willem - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) - 2001
The 15 newly independent states that emerged from the breakdown of the Soviet Union are now celebrating their 10th anniversary of independence. This paper looks back over the first decade and draws some lessons from the experience made to date. It focuses on the energy-rich states of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008595713
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Cooperation and Authoritarian Norms: An experimental study in China
Vollan, Björn; Zhou, Yexin; Landmann, Andreas; Hu, Biliang - Institut für Finanzwissenschaft, Fakultät für … - 2013
There is ample evidence for a “democracy premium”. Laws that have been implemented via election lead to a more cooperative behavior compared to a top-down approach. This has been observed using field data and laboratory experiments. We present evidence from Chinese students and workers who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895183
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Benchmarking structural change in transition
Raiser, Martin; Schaffer, Mark; Schuchhardt, Johannes - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) - 2003
The transition to market-based economic systems in the countries of central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet … structural change in the transition economies and simulate the path of adjustment from central planning. We then analyse data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008508634
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Benchmarking Structural Change in Transition
Raiser, Martin; Schaffer, Mark; Schuchhardt, Johannes - Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, School … - 2003
The transition to market-based economic systems in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet … structural change in the transition economies and simulate the path of adjustment from central planning. We then analyse data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005187407
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Law and Finance in Transition Economies
Pistor, Katharina; Raiser, Martin; Gelfer, Stanislaw - Center for International Development, Kennedy School of … - 2000
in transition economies and its impact on the propensity of firms to raise external finance. Following La Porta et al …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005742779
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Trust in Transition: Cross-country and Firm Evidence
Raiser, Martin; Rousso, Alan; Steves, Franklin - EconWPA - 2004
This paper uses data from a large survey of firms across 26 transition countries to examine the determinants of trust … in the transition process. We first introduce a new measure of trust between firms: the level of prepayment demanded by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118924
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Benchmarking Structural Change in Transition
Raiser, Martin; Schaffer, Mark; Schuchardt, Johannes - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
The transition to market-based economic systems in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet … structural change in the transition economies and simulate the path of adjustment from central planning. We then analyse data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762092