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The Output Decline in Central and Eastern Europe: A Classical Explanation

Bofinger, Peter - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993

puzzling observation that the former CSFR, Hungary and Poland experienced a relatively similar decline in output in spite of … evidence for a `credit crunch' in Poland is not very strong. The paper also discusses the `Soviet trade shock' as a possible … cause for the output drop. It shows that Hungary and Poland -- and to some extent the CSFR -- were able to compensate their …

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Privatisation in Poland: What Was the Government Trying to Achieve?

De Fraja, Gianni; Roberts, Barbara M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

This paper uses the sequencing of privatisation to infer the objective pursued by the Polish government in the privatisation of its large manufacturing firms in the second half of the 1990's. We construct a model of mixed oligopoly, and use it to evaluate the privatisation process; our analysis...

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Problems of Post-CMEA Trade and Payments

Rosati MEP, Dariusz - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

The demise of the CMEA trading system in 1991 and the shift to convertible currency settlements and world market prices was expected to bring about a severe contraction of intra-group trade, coupled with large imbalances in trade between Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The observed...

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The External Sector, the State and Development in Eastern Europe

Eichengreen, Barry; Kohl, Richard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

increasingly, in low-skill, low-value-added goods. Poland and Romania are intermediate cases. In Poland, different parts of the … significant only in the Czech Republic, Hungary and, most recently, Poland. Outward-processing trade (OPT) is widely spread and …

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A Theory of North-South Trade and Globalization

Dinopoulos, Elias; Segerstrom, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

globalization and stronger protection of intellectual property are analysed. It is shown that globalization leads to more copying of … intellectual property protection has the opposite steady-state effects and thus serves to moderate the effects of globalization. …

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Global View of Economic Growth

Ventura, Jaume - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

This paper integrates in a unified and tractable framework some of the key insights of the field of international trade and economic growth. It examines a sequence of theoretical models that share a common description of technology and preferences but differ on their assumptions about trade...

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North-South Trade and Economic Growth

Dinopoulos, Elias; Segerstrom, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

aspects of globalization are studied: increases in the size of the South (i.e., countries like China joining the world trading …

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An Analysis of the Hungarian Tax Reform

Newbery, David M G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991

The feasibility of systemic reforms may depend on their distributional consequences. The shift to a market economy can be expected to increase wage differentials and unemployment, which will have an adverse effect on income distribution. Income tax reform and the change in the system of consumer...

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EC Imports from Eastern Europe: Iron and Steel

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

This paper uses a schematic computable model of the iron and steel sectors in the European Community (EC) and Eastern Europe to explore the effects of trade policies on those sectors. In particular it explores the partial opening of EC markets to Eastern producers. Following a discussion of...

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The Path of Reform in Central and Eastern Europe: An Introduction

Portes, Richard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991

This paper is the Introduction to a special issue of European Economy on `The Path of Reform in Central and Eastern Europe'. It discusses the sources of the current wave of `Europessimism': exogenous shocks, adjustment costs, sequencing errors, and other policy errors. This analysis may help in...

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