Most transitional economies in Central and Eastern Europe have rather surprisingly resisted protectionist pressures - at least during early stages of reform - and adopted liberal trade policies. In this paper the course of trade policy during transition is explained from a political economy...

Ten years after the start of transition in Central and Eastern Europe the initial euphoria has given way to wide-spread disillusionment. Virtually all former socialist economies have gone through a deep economic recession with a collapse in output, falling real incomes, and a surge in...

Ten years after the start of transition in Central and Eastern Europe the initial euphoria has given way to wide-spread disillusionment. Virtually all former socialist economies have gone through a deep economic recession with a collapse in output, falling real incomes, and a surge in...