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Growth empirics with institutional measures is performed for 25 transition countries overthe period 1990-95. Estimation … performance in transition countries than institutionsper se. This suggests that macroeconomic stabilization and peace should be … the main policypriorities in transition, closely followed by institution building. …
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Why are socially beneficial reforms not implemented? One simple answer to this question (which has received little attention in the literature) is that this may be caused by generalized uncertainty about the effectiveness of reforms. If agents are unsure about whether a proposed reform will...
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China (where successes in Special Economic Zones facilitated further reform), while this is much less so for Latin American …
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Countries making the transition to a market economy often experience an increase in corruption along with an increase …
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transition from planning to markets, economic liberalization remains the strategy of choice for boosting growth. Competition … prohibitions are common elements in the transition environment. This article examines questions about the proper scope of form of ….” Most agree that transition economies should take affirmative measures to increase business rivalry as a tool for promoting …
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Author discusses the various problems identified in international development aid and focuses on the distinction between government aid and the role played by the private sector. Gestsson claims, Globalization empowers multilateral organizations and, in turn, forces individual nations to...
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In this paper, I argue that religion matters for the emergence of democracies and dictatorships. Religion is defined as demand for public goods. Different types of religious collectives reflect different tradeoffs between centralized resource distribution and market rewards. Religions are...
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Following the collapse of planning, new small and medium-sized firms rapidly emerged in all transition economies. Using … formerly planned economies with those in economies outside transition, we document not only the challenges faced by transition …
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Following the collapse of planning, new small and medium-sized firms rapidly emerged in all transition economies. Using … formerly planned economies with those in economies outside transition, we document not only the challenges faced by transition … ; transition ; business environment …
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