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-rated health. While the first welfare gap in happiness has closed recently, the second transition gap in self-perceived gap only …-rated health. Although the gap in self-perceived health for transition nations in Eastern Europe is present in a basic model, it … "Good" or "Very Good" health compared to other transition and non-transition countries. Controlling for communist party …
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The opening up of Central and Eastern Europe has provided new investment opportunities for German investors. At the same time, importing capital from abroad can be an efficient mechanism towards increased factor accumulation for the accession states to the European Union. In this paper, we study...
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Intergovernmental transfers can be either conditional or unconditional with regard to the autonomy of local governments in spending such financial means. Although fiscal decentralisation has recently been quite pronounced in Eastern European transition countries, the dominance of a purpose- and...
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Zahlreiche Staaten haben am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts den Wechsel von Sozialismus und Zentralverwaltungswirtschaft zu Demokratie und Marktwirtschaften vollzogen. Das unterlegene Wirtschaftssystem wurde durch ein leistungsfähigeres ersetzt und damit die Grundlage für eine bessere...
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Twenty years ago the Berlin Wall fell, marking the collapse of Soviet communism. The failure of the communist system was not merely economic and political; it was a moral failure as well. Over time communism created a deep disillusionment and revulsion among those who lived under it. The...
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