Growth empirics with institutional measures is performed for 25 transition countries overthe period 1990-95. Estimation results suggest that (particularly state) institutions aresignificant for growth and, especially, foreign direct investment (FDI), the latter in turnbeing important for the...

This paper discusses the underpinnings of the financial crisis of the last decade in post-transition countries. It explores the endogenous reasons of this crisis, and in particular a possible link between delayed and unequal growth of household incomes on the one hand and the instability of the...

There is a consensus among scholars that institutions (i.e. norms and regulations) are country specific. The paper aims to contribute to the debate by examining the type of institutions which have been the most important for growth in transition countries. It employs a new set of the...

Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem Zusammenhang zwischen der Tätigkeit der Finanzintermediäre und dem Wachstum der Volkswirtschaft. Besonderes Interesse gilt der Untersuchung dieses Zusammenhanges unter den Bedingungen der Transformationswirtschaft. Es werden zuerst die...