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How Much Restructuring did the Transition Countries Experience? Evidence from Quality of their Exports
Kandogan, Yener - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004
The increase in exports to market economies is a good sign, but it is not conclusive about the extent of restructuring … analysis of their exports’ quality, interprets the results for the extent of restructuring, and discusses the potential factors …
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The Reorientation of Transition Countries’ Exports: Changes in Quantity, Quality and Variety
Kandogan, Yener - 2003
The paper analyzes the factors behind the reorientation of transition countries’ exports to their non-traditional partners outside their former block. First, the amount of reorientation is calculated using a gravity model. Then, reasons for the cross-country differences in the rate of closing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476672
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Liberalizing EC Imports of Footwear from Eastern Europe
Wang, Zhen Kun; Winters, L. Alan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993
We present a simple computable model of EC footwear production and trade coupled with a rudimentary production model for Eastern Europe. We simulate the liberalization of EC footwear imports from Eastern Europe as planned under the so-called Europe Agreements. We find that if Eastern Europe can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497711
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Relations between the european union and the visegrad group of eastern europe: examining the barriers to integraton
Havrilová, Mária - In: Prague Economic Papers 1999 (1999) 1
economic restructuring programs in Eastern Europe. It successfully used a combination of aid packages and advice-giving, to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005256961
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THE COST STRUCTURE OF MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA
Hartarska, Valentina; Caudill, Steven B.; Gropper, Daniel M. - 2006
Microfinance institutions are important, particularly in developing countries, because they expand the frontier of financial intermediation by providing loans to those traditionally excluded from formal financial markets. This paper presents the first systematic statistical examination of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476699
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Inflation Targeting, Between Rhetoric and Reality. The Case of Transition Economies
Daianu, Daniel; Lungu, Laurian - 2005
restructuring process in these economies makes the inflation forecasting process more difficult and introduces an additional source …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476778
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Financial Deregulation and Economic Growth in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland
McGrath, Patricia - 2005
Advocates of financial regulation, Arestis and Demetriades, argue that financial liberalisation does not impact on financial market efficiency and the allocation of investment. Results in this study find that Czech, Hungarian and Polish firms are subject to scrutiny when applying for credit. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476848
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Financial Deregulation and Industrial Development: Subsequent Impact on Economic Growth in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland
McGrath, Patricia - 2006
The Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland all experienced an initial reduction in the number of industries and an increase in unemployment, once they moved to a market driven economy. Over time the unemployment problem reduced in significance though Poland still experiences high levels to date....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476874
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Financial Deregulation and Financial Development, and Subsequent Impact on Economic Growth in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland
Grath, Patricia Mc - 2006
Results support Arestis’s theory, that low real interest rates do not prevent economic growth (though he related it to the regulation debate). Here in the deregulation environment, it also stands. Results also support Shaw’s assertion that financial liberalisation increases the monetary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476877
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The Economics of Enterprise Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe
Aghion, Philippe; Blanchard, Olivier J; Carlin, Wendy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
the insiders has produced little restructuring while on the other, state-owned enterprises have engaged in some … restructuring even in the absence of a clear prospect of privatization. It situates enterprise restructuring at the heart of the … of the speed and depth of restructuring, and clarifies the roles of managers, employees, the state, and banks in bringing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123917