We analyze the impact of privatization on multifactor productivity (MFP) using long panel data for nearly the universe …% in Hungary, and 3% in Ukraine, with some variation across specifications, while in Russia it lowers it about 4 … ambiguous even after 5 years in Russia. Pre-privatization MFP exceeds that of firms remaining state-owned in all countries …

This paper investigates the role of information and communication technology (ICT) as a driver of improved productivity … performance of Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries and Russia (CEER) relative to the EU-15 and the U.S. during the 1990s …. The paper investigates how, and to what extent, ICT contributed to a narrowing in the productivity gap. Although …

advanced economies. We examine the extent of this convergence in the Czech Republic and Russia, economies that represent … advanced economies. We examine the extent of this convergence in the Czech Republic and Russia, economies that represent …

and Russia, have not been converging to the technological frontier set by foreign owned firms. In both countries, the … change from 1995-1997 to 1998-2000. However, the distance to the frontier is orders of magnitude greater in Russia than in …, in the Czech Republic this negative spilloverʺ effect is diminished over time, whereas in Russia it continues to cause …