Anhand der Reihenfolgentheorie lassen sich die wichtigsten Bereiche der Politik identifizieren: institutionelle Reformen, fiskale und monetäre Stabilisierung, Reform der Finanzmärkte, Liberalisierung des Handels und des Kapitalverkehrs sowie die Privatisierung. Die Verschärfung von...

Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- Part I The political economy of state socialism -- Chapter 1 The system of state socialism -- Chapter 2 The successes and failures of central planning -- Chapter 3 From reform to breakdown -- Part II Macro-economic transformations: From shock to...

In the economic literature the reasons for recession during the transformation of a planned into a market economy are still debated. The following article sets the arguments in this debate against an interpretation of the stylised facts of the transformation process in Central Eastern Europe...