This book is a result of the 5th Biennual Conference of the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies "Economies in Transition and the Variety of Capitalisms: Features, Changes, Convergence" held in Varna, Bulgaria, 10-12 September 1998. It includes 28 papers from all discussed...

This article is an attempt to contribute to the broader debate on growth theory in academic economics on the basis of empirical experience of two decades in transition countries. It analyses whether financial sector reform is urgent and thus should be sequenced from the very outset of transition...

This paper offers a broad overview of the Hungarian development strategy over the past two decades. Combining historical and functional analysis, some major strengths and weaknesses are identified, with special emphasis on the country.s open-door policies and the role played by the European...

This article attempts to wrap up the thorny road of studies and students of systemic change in Central and Eastern Europe. It analyses how a relatively backward part of the economics profession has been confronted with issues that count among perhaps the most complex, in terms of both...

Despite being a small country with a curious language, Hungary attracted considerable interest by international economists. The English language literature listed here for the period between 1988 and 1992 is partial evidence of this interest. This survey, an orientation to these materials, is...

The article is devoted to the changing role of the major public policy function of regulation and the changing role of the public sector in various phases of systemic change in central and eastern Europe. It surveys the consequences of bloodletting for the civil service and state capactiy in a...

This article interprets Central and Eastern European transition through the lenses of the post-Washington consensus. It searches for what has proved to be original and theoretically novel in the region if measured against development theory. To what extent does the mainstream remain relevant as...