We examine the case of the Czech Republic, which has been frequently cited as one of the most successful cases of … Czech Republic in 1989 and the development strategy adopted at the beginning of the transition. We then address the … analyse the achievements and failures of the strategy with respect to both economic performance and progress with …

at work. Our estimates suggest that the west and east German parts of Germany, Czech Republic and Slovakia are consistent … question hence contain one broad group of countries and one or two special cases. The group comprises the Czech Republic … east German parts of Germany, Czech Republic and Slovakia are consistent with H2 and H3. Hungary provides limited support …

@langate.gsu.edu svejnar@umich.edu terrell@umich.edu June 2007 Abstract Economic development implies that the efficiency of firms in … implementing market-oriented development policies: the Czech Republic and Russia. Using 1992-2000 panel data on virtually all …. The distance of the Russian firms to the efficiency frontier is much larger than that of the Czech firms. Nevertheless …

associated with lower employment. When accompanied by complementary reforms, privatization has a positive effect on economic … employment. When accompanied by complementary reforms, privatization has a positive effect on economic growth. Three factors …*** JEL Codes: D2, L2, O1, P5 Keywords: privatization, ownership, firm performance, economic growth, transition from …

Atkeson, A and P.J. Kehoe, “Social Insurance and Transition,” International Economic Review, Vol. 37, 1996, 377-402. Basu ….00) 1. Introduction China’s post 1978 economic reforms and the post 1989 economic transition that has followed the … collapse of the Soviet political and economic system provide a unique setting for comparing two paths of transformation of a …

example, World Bank (2002) and EBRD (1999) 3 World Bank (2005); World Economic Forum (2005) 4 See Hausmann et al. (2004 ….g., Djankov et al., 2002, and Botero et al. 2004), competitiveness (e.g., World Economic Forum), transparency (e … legal system (Durnev and Kim, 2005), and the level of economic freedom in an economy (e.g., Heritage Foundation). Many of …