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Growth, Initial Conditions, Law and Speed of Privatization in Transition Countries : 11 Years Later

Godoy, Sergio - 2006

This paper examines alternative hypotheses concerning the determinants of success in the transition from Communism to the market. In particular, we look at whether speed of privatization, legal institutions or initial conditions are more important in explaining the growth of the transition...

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The Transition Economies After Ten Years

Fischer, Stanley - 2000

While output declined in virtually all transition economies in the initial years, the speed and extent of the recovery that followed has varied widely across these countries. The contrast between the more and less successful transitions, the latter largely in the former Soviet Union, raises many...

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Current Account Sustainability in Transition Economies

Roubini, Nouriel - 1998

This paper presents an analysis of the sustainability of current account deficits in transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe. These countries have experienced large current account imbalances in the transition to a market economy. We consider a wide range of macroeconomic factors that...

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The creation of the rule of law and the legitimacy of property rights : the political and economic consequences of a corrupt privatization

Hoff, Karla Ruth - 2005

"How does the lack of legitimacy of property rights affect the dynamics of the creation of the rule of law? We investigate the demand for the rule of law in post-Communist economies after privatization under the assumption that theft is possible, that those who have "stolen" assets cannot be...

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The Creation of the Rule of Law and the Legitimacy of Property Rights : The Political and Economic Consequences of a Corrupt Privatization

Hoff, Karla - 2005

How does the lack of legitimacy of property rights affect the dynamics of the creation of the rule of law? We investigate the demand for the rule of law in post-Communist economies after privatization under the assumption that theft is possible, that those who have "stolen" assets cannot be...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466899

Book Translations as Idea Flows : The Effects of the Collapse of Communism on the Diffusion of Knowledge

Abramitzky, Ran - 2014

We use book translations as a new measure of international idea flows and study the effects of Communism's collapse in Eastern Europe on these flows. Using novel data on 800,000 translations and difference-in-differences approaches, we show that while translations between Communist languages...

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The Land that Lean Manufacturing Forgot? Management Practices in Transition Countries

Bloom, Nicholas - 2011

We have conducted the first survey on management practices in transition countries. We found that Central Asian transition countries, such as Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, have on average very poor management practices. Their average scores are below emerging countries such as Brazil, China and...

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Household Savings in Transition Economies

Denizer, Cevdet - 1998

Based on matching household surveys for three central European countries, Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland, we explore the determinants of household saving rates in transition economies. We find savings rates to increase strongly in relative income and to be significantly higher for households...

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A Portfolio Approach to a Cross-Sectoral and Cross-National Investment Strategy in Transition Economies

Buiter, Willem H. - 1997

This paper takes a systematic look at the portfolio choice problem faced by Investment Banks or Funds investing in transition economies. We relate the performance of projects in the transition economies to the broader macroeconomic and international environment, which affect the project through...

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Bribery in Health Care in Peru and Uganda

Hunt, Jennifer - 2007

In this paper, I examine the role of household income in determining who bribes and how much they bribe in health care … in Peru and Uganda. I find that rich patients are more likely than other patients to bribe in public health care …: doubling household consumption increases the bribery probability by 0.2-0.4 percentage points in Peru, compared to a bribery …

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