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How Much Restructuring did the Transition Countries Experience? Evidence from Quality of their Exports

Kandogan, Yener - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004

The increase in exports to market economies is a good sign, but it is not conclusive about the extent of restructuring … analysis of their exports’ quality, interprets the results for the extent of restructuring, and discusses the potential factors …

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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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Liberalizing EC Imports of Footwear from Eastern Europe

Wang, Zhen Kun; Winters, L. Alan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993

We present a simple computable model of EC footwear production and trade coupled with a rudimentary production model for Eastern Europe. We simulate the liberalization of EC footwear imports from Eastern Europe as planned under the so-called Europe Agreements. We find that if Eastern Europe can...

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Relations between the european union and the visegrad group of eastern europe: examining the barriers to integraton

Havrilová, Mária - In: Prague Economic Papers 1999 (1999) 1

economic restructuring programs in Eastern Europe. It successfully used a combination of aid packages and advice-giving, to …

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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 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476778

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