in the former Soviet Republics of Russia and Ukraine. Analyzing interfirm reallocation of output, labor, capital, and an … input index with annual industrial census data from 1985 to 2001, we find that Soviet Russia displayed low reallocation … effects from domestic product market competition, labor market competition, or import penetration. …

but offsetting in Hungary and Romania, and from small effects of all types in Russia and Ukraine. The positive employment …

privatization in postcommunist Russia. Taking advantage of large regional variation in the size of public administrations, and …

advanced economies. We examine the extent of this convergence in the Czech Republic and Russia, economies that represent …

negative effect in Russia, and they provide some evidence of positive foreign effects on both wages and employment in all four … large, positive, but offsetting in Hungary and Romania, and from small effects of both types in Russia and Ukraine. The …

% in Hungary, and 3% in Ukraine, with some variation across specifications, while in Russia it lowers it about 4 … ambiguous even after 5 years in Russia. Pre-privatization MFP exceeds that of firms remaining state-owned in all countries …

Hungary and Russia are small (3-5%) negative wage effects found. Privatization to foreign investors has positive estimated … effects of all types in Russia and Ukraine. The positive employment outcome under foreign ownership results from a substantial …

models imply that majority privatization raises MFP about 15% in Romania, 8% in Hungary, and 2% in Ukraine, while in Russia … years after privatization to emerge in Russia. …

privatization in postcommunist Russia. Taking advantage of large regional variation in the size of public administrations, and …