This paper summarizes the results of CASE's research project on 'Strategies for Joining the EMU' and proposes policy recommendations both for new member states (on how to manage their accession to the Eurozone) and for the European Commission, ECB and old member states (on how to manage and...

This paper seeks the main factors behind inflation in Russia over the period 1996–2001. It presents a succinct description of Russian monetary policy and inflation developments. The econometric analysis establishes a long-run relationship between demand for the real money balances on the one...

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the diversified picture of the tax systems and tax reforms in the former communist countries after the first decade of their transition from a centrally planned to a market economy system. While CEB countries are seriously advanced in synchronization...

In the 1990s, the CIS region experienced a painful transformation following the collapse of the USSR and the command economy. For the less developed republics of the former USSR, this process was even more dramatic as they lost subsidies from the Union's budget and some of them suffered...

At the end of 1997 five transition countries - the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia - were invited to start negotiations on their accession to the EU. Three other countries - Latvia, Lithuania, and Slovakia - may still join the first group. Two other countries - Bulgaria...

At the end of 1997 five transition countries - the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia - were invited to start negotiations on their accession to the EU. Three other countries - Latvia, Lithuania, and Slovakia - may still join the first group. Two other countries - Bulgaria...

At the end of 1997 five transition countries - the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia - were invited to start negotiations on their accession to the EU. Three other countries - Latvia, Lithuania, and Slovakia - may still join the first group. Two other countries - Bulgaria...

This volume presents six monographs of currency crisis episodes in two Latin American countries in 1994-1995 (Mexico and Argentine) and four Asian countries in 1997-1998 (Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Korea). The Asian part of this volume is supplemented with a short comparative note,...