The transition process has had different distributional impacts across different interest groups and countries. These … have led to differences in the support for transition. In this paper, we study support attitudes for both the economic and … political transition using data from the New Barometer Surveys for 14 transition economies from 1991 to 2004. We document that …

Using a unique dataset for 14 transition economies, we propose a new measure for individual evaluations of transitional … those living in the CIS countries, especially during the 1990s. We also find evidence that transition-related hardship …

Using a unique dataset for 14 transition economies, we propose a new measure for individual evaluations of transitional … those living in the CIS countries, especially during the 1990s. We also find evidence that transition-related hardship …

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 …

This study explores how initial endowments at the start of transition have shaped reform outcomes and reform … resources sector at the start of transition underperformed other countries in terms of the speed and the depth of economic …

transition countries and five western European countries. Political values are cyclical and reflect a learning process. Support …

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 …