The paper considers the Russian privatization process and examines how its deviation from the competitive sale standard … was likely to affect wealth inequality. (Privatization here is defined narrowly as the transfer of existing assets from … is feasible to analyze the institutional features of Russian privatization in terms of their effect on redistribution of …

This paper stresses the role of budget system reform in economies in transition as an essential basis for the … not proved easy. Using Russia as a case study, the magnitude of the problems faced is documented, and the strategy of … undertaking similar reforms, and the future agenda for completing these reforms in Russia is indicated …

reached, and whether, conversely, democratization is likely to be an obstacle to the acceptation of market liberalization. Our … study hinges on a new survey rich in attitudinal variables: the Life in Transition Survey (LITS) conducted in 2006 by the … European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank, in 28 post-Transition countries. Our identification …

market since the beginning of economic transition. We showed that many past phenomena (e.g. restructuring of the economy …, wage and pension arrears, new groups at-risk-of-poverty, demographic transition) caused a need to change an old type social … earnings between men and women in Russia caused by sector segregation account for seem to be more important than the gap …

economic liberalization. It seems that the economic authorities have sustained more transformation efforts during 2015 …

The post-communist transition in Europe and the former Soviet Union is one of the most important transformations in …

economic liberalization. It seems that the economic authorities have sustained more transformation efforts during 2015 …

did not, lies in the nature of the privatization reform introduced by the communist leadership. The privatization that we … call 'Market-Leninist', was implemented in China and Vietnam while the second type of privatization, termed 'Embezzlement … for a rainy day' was the type of privatization implemented in Eastern Europe. We show, in the context of a game between …