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Twenty years of political transition
Treisman, Daniel - 2010
transition can be parsimoniously explained by two variables: the length of time the country spent under a communist regime and …
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Why are the elite in China motivated to promote growth?
Zang, Xiaowei - 2010
Rapid economic development in China in the post-1978 era has been considered 'intriguing' and 'puzzling' since it occurred under the dominance of the Chinese Communist Party - the fusion of politics and economics is supposed to be a powerful impediment to market growth. Scholars have proposed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280188
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The political economy of industrial development in Vietnam: Impact of state-business relationship on industrial performance, 1986 - 2012
Vu-Thanh, Tu-Anh - 2014
Vietnam's industrial development since doi moi is a success, but only a partial one. This paper provides a political economy account of Vietnam's industrial growth since 1986. It shows that the key determinant of Vietnam's industrial growth lies in the relationship between the party-state and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494250
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The long road to normalcy: Where Russia now stands
Popov, Vladimir - 2010
for the future. The study starts with a much discussed question: why Russia did worse economically during transition than … transition (distortions in industrial structure and in trade patterns accumulated during the era of central planning), but mostly … by the weakening of the institutional capacity of the state during transition. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333038
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The long-run weight of communism or the weight of long-run history?
Roland, Gérard - 2010
institutional change, values and beliefs in transition countries have not changed much over the last 20 years. Evidence suggests …. Current institutional evolutions in transition countries might be more affected by their long run past than by the communist …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280090
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IMF conditionality and structural reforms: Evidence from developing countries
Apeti, Ablam Estel; Gomado, Kwamivi - 2023
, in IMF-supported programmes, the conditions for developing countries' transition to liberalization and open markets are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477517
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A macroeconomic perspective on Asian development
Bhaduri, Amit - 2018
Macroeconomic strategies and policies have differed significantly among Asian countries over the last fifty years, and yet some common issues recur despite their immense diversity in inherited historical initial conditions, differences in political systems, geo-political situations, location and...
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Reigniting labour productivity growth in developing countries: Do structural reforms matter?
Gomado, Kwamivi - 2022
While the negative effects of the 2008 global financial crisis on labour productivity are still fresh in people's minds, the COVID-19 pandemic raises concerns that productivity will continue to decline. To boost labour productivity and regain economic performance, there is an empirical consensus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013472617
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Productivity growth effects of structural reforms: Evidence from developing countries
Gomado, Kwamivi - 2022
Which structural reforms affect labour productivity growth in developing countries? This paper answers this question by combining the local projections method and the inverse probability weighted regression adjustment (LP-IPWRA) method. We find that financial reforms, trade reforms, and product...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013472625
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India's economic development since independence: An interpretative survey
Sen, Kunal - 2023
When India became a republic in 1950, the economy was primarily agrarian, with threefifths of output originating from agriculture. In the sixty years since independence, there has been a significant transformation of economic activity away from agriculture, with less than one-fifth of output now...
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