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The Reorientation of Transition Countries’ Exports: Changes in Quantity, Quality and Variety

Kandogan, Yener - 2003

The paper analyzes the factors behind the reorientation of transition countries’ exports to their non-traditional partners outside their former block. First, the amount of reorientation is calculated using a gravity model. Then, reasons for the cross-country differences in the rate of closing...

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How has Economic Restructuring Affected China’s Urban Workers?*

Giles, John; Park, Albert; Cai, Fang - 2003

Using data from the China Urban Labor Survey conducted in five large Chinese cities at year end 2001, we quantify the nature and magnitude of shocks to employment and worker benefits during the period of economic structuring from 1996 to 2001, and evaluate the extent to which adversely affected...

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Virtual Reality: Barter and Restructuring in Russian Industry

Krueger, Gary; Linz, Susan J. - 2000

A general consensus in the transition economies literature links the existence of enterprise restructuring with the … whether the lack of economic growth is caused by the lack of enterprise restructuring. Complicating the debate in Russia is … the confusion regarding the role of barter transactions in enterprise restructuring. Much of the confusion is generated by …

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Investment, Credit Rationing and the Soft Budget Constraint: Evidence from Czech Panel Data

Lizal, Lubomir; Svejnar, Jan - 2001

Strategic restructuring of firms through investment is key to a transition from plan to market. Using data on …

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Can Governments Mandate Hard Budget Constraints? Bank Lending and Financial Isolation in Romania

Carare, Octavian; Claessens, Constantijn; Perotti, Enrico C. - 1999

This paper examines the empirical evidence on the impact of reforms in the financial sector in Romania in the period 1993-1995. The methodological framework of the paper is based on a theoretical model of intertemporal bank lending in a transition country with uncertain prospects for...

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THE COST STRUCTURE OF MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA

Hartarska, Valentina; Caudill, Steven B.; Gropper, Daniel M. - 2006

Microfinance institutions are important, particularly in developing countries, because they expand the frontier of financial intermediation by providing loans to those traditionally excluded from formal financial markets. This paper presents the first systematic statistical examination of the...

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Inflation Targeting, Between Rhetoric and Reality. The Case of Transition Economies

Daianu, Daniel; Lungu, Laurian - 2005

restructuring process in these economies makes the inflation forecasting process more difficult and introduces an additional source …

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Financial Deregulation and Economic Growth in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland

McGrath, Patricia - 2005

Advocates of financial regulation, Arestis and Demetriades, argue that financial liberalisation does not impact on financial market efficiency and the allocation of investment. Results in this study find that Czech, Hungarian and Polish firms are subject to scrutiny when applying for credit. The...

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Financial Deregulation and Industrial Development: Subsequent Impact on Economic Growth in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland

McGrath, Patricia - 2006

The Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland all experienced an initial reduction in the number of industries and an increase in unemployment, once they moved to a market driven economy. Over time the unemployment problem reduced in significance though Poland still experiences high levels to date....

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Financial Deregulation and Financial Development, and Subsequent Impact on Economic Growth in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland

Grath, Patricia Mc - 2006

Results support Arestis’s theory, that low real interest rates do not prevent economic growth (though he related it to the regulation debate). Here in the deregulation environment, it also stands. Results also support Shaw’s assertion that financial liberalisation increases the monetary...

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