The transition from a planned to a market oriented economy requires a complex amalgam of stabilization, liberalization … and privatization policies. This paper outlines a combination of policies believed to be necessary, if not sufficient to … safety for citizens during the transition process. Reference: Challenge, May/June 1990, pp. 46-53 …

move inexorably from centrally planned economies toward market economies. This historic transition must be guided by a … precursor to price liberalization, private property rights must be created, distributed and credibly enforced in order to ensure … adjustment process in order to avoid a crisis of constitutional authority. A program of “Socialist Privatization” is proposed as …

liberalization policies designed to provide the necessary, albeit not sufficient conditions for a transition to a market economy that … of an egalitarian distribution of income and wealth? I propose a sequential set of stabilization, privatization and …

sequence of institutional, macroeconomic and monetary reform aimed at achieving a stable transition. An egalitarian … reforms if the transition process is to achive the goals of efficiency and equity. The paper is to be published in the Cato …

This article critiques neoliberal transition theory from a neoclassical sociological perspective. Neoliberals argue … the neoliberal policy package of “Shock Therapy” (consisting of the radical transition to a market economy through rapid … and extensive price and trade liberalization, stringent monetary and fiscal stabilization, and the implementation of a …

goods, such as the legal protection of property rights, while the political economy of reform is conceived in terms of …: efficiency-enhancing institutional and behavioral changes arising not out of a conscious, top-down program of reform, but rather …

negative perceptions of economic conditions and reform efforts. Other demographic markers such as gender or provincial origin …

We explore the impact of privatization and the entry of new firms on enterprise performance in Belarus, a transition … economy in which reform and market-orientated institutional development has been limited. We hypothesize that private …

Contrary to expectations and announcements of policy makers in transition economies, privatization has taken longer … privatization and thus transition from a centrally planned to a market economy. Part I describes the command economy legacy … institutional and behavioral barriers to privatization in Poland. Part IV offers several lessons for other transition economies …