, inter-firms arrears and barter in transition economies are connected. Based on a survey of 165 barter deals in the Ukraine …

The mix of formal and informal mechanisms for contract enforcement is examined using survey data from Russia, Ukraine …

of an enterprise survey of 153 foreign firms in three regions of Ukraine is analyzed. The data contains information on …

data on 165 barter deals in Ukraine in 1997. The evidence does not support the notion that soft budget constraints, lack of … with the incidence of barter in Ukraine. We then explore an alternative explanation of barter as a mechanism to address … pitfalls of expansionary monetary policy in barter economies such as Ukraine and Russia. …

and constitutional choices facing Ukraine. The main lesson is that legitimacy is needed for constitution-building, which …