30 years of transition in Europe : looking back and looking beyond in CESEE countries

Contents: Preface -- PART I A historic transformation: heterogeneity in CESEE in a changing global context -- 1 Looking back on 30 years of transition - and looking 30 years ahead / Robert Holzmann -- 2 1989: the year of the great ambivalence / Anton Pelinka -- 3 The price of unity: the transformation of Germany and Eastern Europe after 1989 / Philipp Ther -- PART II A central banker's view on monetary policy during transition -- 4 Monetary policy challenges during transition: the case of Serbia / Jorgovanka Tabaković and Ana Ivković -- 5 Monetary milestones of the past 30 years: the Czech National Bank's view / Jiří Rusnok -- 6 Croatia - from hyperinflation to the road to the euro area / Boris Vujčić and Katja Gattin Turkalj -- PART III Modes of transition: the impact of different economic policy approaches -- 7 Ten lessons from thirty years of post-communist economic transformation / Anders Åslund -- 8 The impact of different transition patterns and approaches on economic development in EU-CEE11, Russia and Ukraine / Marina Gruševaja -- 9 Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe's reunion with Europe / Andrzej Sławiński -- PART IV Lessons from three decades of catching-up in Asia -- 10 Catching-up in Central and Eastern Europe and East Asia - commonalities and differences / Michael A. Landesmann -- 11 Chinese multinationals in East Central Europe: structural, institutional or political considerations? / Ágnes Szunomár -- PART V Challenges for CESEE's near future: monetary and financial stability -- 12 Did macroprudential policies play a role in stabilizing the credit and capital flow cycle in CESEE? / Markus Eller, Helene Schuberth and Lukas Vashold -- 13 30 years of monetary and exchange rate regimes in Central and Eastern Europe: what has changed, and what is next? / Johannes Wiegand -- PART VI The future of CESEE: the impact of megatrends -- 14 At the start of a new leadership of the European Commission and the European Central Bank: where is the place of Central and Eastern Europe? / Martin Selmayr -- 15 Will the EU overcome the East-West divide? / Ada Ámon -- 16 Demographic change in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe: trends, determinants and challenges / Tomáš Sobotka and Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz -- 17 The demographic challenge of Eastern Europe and potential policy options / Mario Holzner -- Index.