We analyse how the choice of reform speed, foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic growth affect one another. New reforms affect economic growth negatively, whereas the level of past reform leads to higher growth and attracts FDI. We simulate the impact of big bang and gradualist strategies...

The abandonment of central planning led to considerable output declines in countries in the former soviet-bloc. The magnitude and length of the output declines, as well as recovery experiences have been very diverse. Various determinants of outpt growth have been identified in the literature....

The abandonment of central planning led to considerable output declines in countries of the former Soviet-bloc. The magnitude and length of the output declines, as well as recovery experiences have been very diverse. This paper describes and examines the impact of various determinants of output...

This paper develops and estimates a small macroeconomic model of the Russian economy. The model is tailored to analyse the impact of the oil price, the exchange rate, private sector confidence and fiscal policy on economic performance. Simulations suggest that the Russian economy is vulnerable...

This paper develops a small macro-economic model of the CEECs to analyze various aspects of integration with the current EU and the role of monetary and exchange rate strategies during the (pre-) accession phase. The model gives insight into both the adjustment of the internal balance (as for...

On 17 August 1998 the Russian authorities devalued the ruble, suspended repayments of ruble-denominated government paper and announced a moratorium on the Russian foreign debt. By doing so the government brought the domestic banking sector to the edge of bankruptcy and risked losing the little...

We analyse how the choice of reform speed, foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic growth affect one another. New reforms affect economic growth negatively, whereas the level of past reform leads to higher growth and attracts FDI. We simulate the impact of big bang and gradualist strategies...

We analyze productivity spillovers from MNC subsidiaries to domestic Romanian companies, both within (horizontal spillovers) and across industries (vertical spillovers). We separate labor market spillovers from other horizontal spillovers and define the supply-backward linkage spillover that...

This paper investigates the integration of internationalisation in terms of import competition and export intensity at the industry level into the FDI spillover framework for a panel of Romanian manufacturing firms. Whereas the FDI spillover discussion is framed in terms of the presence of...