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Liberalization, democracy and economic performance during transition
Fidrmuc, Jan - 2000
liberalization. Second, democracy has a negative effect on growth during the contraction, whereas its effect appears insignificant … apparently go beyond deteriorating economic performance. The level of democracy, in contrast, increases the support for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301318
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Liberalization, democracy and economic performance during transition
Fidrmuc, Jan - 2000
liberalization. Second, democracy has a negative effect on growth during the contraction, whereas its effect appears insignificant … apparently go beyond deteriorating economic performance. The level of democracy, in contrast, increases the support for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010515695
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Economic Reform, Democracy and Growth During Post-Communist Transition
Fidrmuc, Jan - 2003
controlling for endogeneity of liberalization in growth). (2) Democracy facilitates economic liberalization. (3) Because of its … effect on liberalization, democracy has a positive overall effect on growth. Nevertheless, the marginal effect of democracy … subsequent democracy appears negative. (5) Economic performance is an important determinant of electoral outcomes and, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014126744
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Gender and occupational wage gaps in Romania : from planned equality to market inequality?
Andrén, Daniela; Andrén, Thomas - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 4 (2015) 10, pp. 1-27
In Romania, the communist regime promoted an official policy of gender equality for more than 40 years, providing equal access to education and employment and restricting pay differentiation based on gender. After its fall in December 1989, the promotion of equal opportunities and treatment for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279609
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Russian Economic Reforms as Perceived by Western Critics
Mau, Vladimir - 2012
It has recently become customary to argue that Russian economic transformation since 1991 has failed because of bad policy advice and mistaken policy choices. Though Russia's performance leaves much to be desired, such criticisms are based on a failure to analyse the real choices available to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098903
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Institutions, Recessions and Recovery in Transitional Economies
Hodgson, Geoffrey M. - 2006
. Statistically significant variables include the degree of ethnic fractionalization and an index of democracy, both of which were … enforce legal and general rules of the economic game, reap positive benefits for democracy, and overcome the negative economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779017
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Exploring Tax Evasion in the Context of Political Uncertainty
Katz, Barbara G. - 2015
We present a model of agents facing the uncertainty of two future forms of government who are able to insure against this uncertainty by hiding funds from taxation. In order to choose whether or not to hide funds from taxation, agents need to know policy choices that each government would make...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013013766
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Economic Growth in Belarus (1996-2004) : Main Drivers and Risks
Bakanova, Marina - 2014
This chapter takes stock of growth trends in Belarusian economy since 1996, reviews the evidence of accumulated challenges and risks within the existing growth patterns, and provides policy recommendations aimed at strengthening growth sustainability. In sum, while economic growth in Belarus in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013058110
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Role of the Diasporas in Transition Economies : Lessons from Armenia
Freinkman, Lev - 2014
This paper develops additional economic arguments to emphasize the potential importance of the Diasporas' contribution to economic transformation of former socialist economies. At the same time, it argues that so far this potential has been grossly underutilized, especially in the economies of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013058111
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Occupational Gender Composition and Wages in Romania : From Planned Equality to Market Inequality?
Andrén, Thomas; Andren, Daniela - 2021
In Romania, the communist regime promoted an official policy of gender equality for more than 40 years, providing equal access to education and employment, and restricting pay differentiation based on gender. After its fall in December 1989, the promotion of equal opportunities and treatment for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316716