. -- political economy ; post-communist transition ; economic reforms ; economic performance ; support for reforms ; public opinion …

Despite strong growth performance in transition economies in the last decade, residents of transition countries report … explanations of this phenomenon. First, we document that the disparity in life satisfaction between residents of transition and non-transition … macroeconomic volatility, and a mismatch of human capital of residents educated before transition which disproportionately affected …

Since the beginning of transition in 1990 from a centrally planned to a market oriented economy, the performance of … performance but the radical (“big bang”) reforms at the beginning of transition in conjunction with persistent efforts during the …

gap are likely to gain the most. -- institutions ; reform ; growth ; transition ; integration ; neighbourhood ; dynamic …

This paper revisits the relation between democracy, liberalization, and prosperity in transition countries, using a … surprisingly small coefficients. -- Transition Economics ; Public Choice ; Democracy ; Growth …

transition countries. It employs a new set of the institutional variables published by the World Bank against the commonly used … transition index of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Also, the paper tests the validity of some arguments …