As part of the series „regulatory law and economies“ („Regulierungsrecht und Regulierungsökonomie“) edited by Piepenbrock & Schuster, this volume deals with the telecommunications markets in Central Eastern Europe (CEE) and South Eastern Europe (SEE), with an emphasis on the market...

Introduction -- Organisation, power and politics in the communist regime -- Romanian industrialisation : legal frame, characteristics and social consequences -- Methodology -- Plan and enterprise in communist Romania -- The human side of the communist enterprise -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1....

Im Laufe des mehr als fünfzehnjährigen Transformationsprozesses haben sich die ehemaligen Ostblockstaaten wirtschaftlich stark auseinanderentwickelt. 2006 betrug der Abstand zwischen dem ärmsten und dem reichsten Land gemessen am Pro-Kopf-Bruttoinlandsprodukt in Verkaufskraftparitäten mehr...

This paper reviews the experience of the IMF’s long-term engagement in Romania and options for future IMF involvement. The unfavorable growth performance also reflected adverse conditions for private sector development. Foreign investors have welcomed the more stable macroeconomic environment...

This paper assesses Romania’s Third Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and a Request for Waiver of Performance Criterion. Romania’s macroeconomic performance continued to be favorable, but slippages in wage policy and privatization delayed the completion of the third review. Robust GDP...

This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix provides an estimate of the long-term path of Romania’s real exchange rate. The paper describes the recent history of the real exchange rate and its main determinants. A model is developed of a time-varying long-term exchange rate path,...