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How important are institutions for growth in transition countries?
Moers, Luc - 1999
Growth empirics with institutional measures is performed for 25 transition countries overthe period 1990-95. Estimation results suggest that (particularly state) institutions aresignificant for growth and, especially, foreign direct investment (FDI), the latter in turnbeing important for the...
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The Eurasian Growth Paradox
Åslund, Anders - 2006
In the first decade of postcommunist transition, multiple growth regressions showed that the more radical and comprehensive market economic reform was, the earlier a country returned to economic growth and the more vigorous its growth, and that Central Europe took the lead. Since 2000, however,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012733351
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Is the Link between Reforms and Growth Spurious? A Comment
Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2010
Rzonca and Cizkowicz (2003) notice that by construction the reform indicators are bound from the above, and the resulting time series characteristics of these variables render estimates of coefficients in growth regressions spurious. We illustrate this issue further, applying econometric tests....
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Institutions and the support for market reforms : a combination of individual self-interest and good institutions determines the level of public support for market reforms
Denisova, Irina - 2016
Economic self-interest and social considerations are the key determinants of public support for market reforms in transition countries. However, political strategies that rely mainly on public support for pushing through economic reforms have limited relevance if the prevailing institutional...
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Did growth and reforms increase citizens' support for the transition?
Golinelli, Roberto; Rovelli, Riccardo - 2011
How did post-communist transformations affect people's perceptions of their economic and political systems? We model a pseudo-panel with 89 country-year clusters, based on 13 countries observed between 1991 and 2004, to identify the macro and institutional drivers of the public opinion. Our main...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011737127
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Individual support for economic and political changes : evidence from transition countries, 1991-2004
Rovelli, Riccardo; Zaiceva, Anzelika - 2011
Using a unique dataset for 14 transition economies, we propose a new measure for individual evaluations of transitional reforms, which we use to study, for the first time, the evolution of support for economic and political reforms from 1991 to 2004. We show that support for economic changes has...
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The role of the state in economic transformation : comparing the transition experiences of Russia and China
Kotz, David M. - 2005 - Revised version
. Russia s transition since 1992 is examined as an example of the neoliberal approach, while China s transition since 1978 is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527411
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Fifteen Years of Economic Reform in Russia : What has been Achieved? What Remains to be Done?
Ahrend, Rudiger - 2005
be completed. Secondly, the central challenges of Russia’s second decade of reform are primarily concerned with reforming … state institutions. Thirdly, the pursuit of reforms across a broad front could enable Russia to profit from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445971
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Fifteen Years of Economic Reform in Russia : What Has Been Achieved? What Remains to Be Done?
Ahrend, Rudiger; Tompson, William - 2006
be completed. Secondly, the central challenges of Russia's second decade of reform are primarily concerned with reforming … state institutions. Thirdly, the pursuit of reforms across a broad front could enable Russia to profit from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014059705
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Russian Economic Reforms as Perceived by Western Critics
Mau, Vladimir - 2012
policy advice and mistaken policy choices. Though Russia's performance leaves much to be desired, such criticisms are based … particular the views presented by Jospeh Stiglitz, shows that the Chinese reform path was not available to Russia, that mass … and necessity in policy making more generally. The final section of the paper characterises Russia as a case of weak state …
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