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This journal focuses on theoretical and policy issues of creating market institutions in previously centrally-planned economies.
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Comparative Economic Studies archives from December 2002
IMF and the ruble zone. (Editor's Introduction to the Symposium).(International Monetary Fund)(Editorial)
December 22, 2002... Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have played a central role in advising and providing financial support to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. To...
The IMF and the ruble area, 1991-93.(International Monetary Fund)
December 22, 2002... I. Introduction
The break-up of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991 into fifteen separate countries, some of which had already declared their independence, was not followed immediately by the introduction of separate national currencies....
A political decision.
December 22, 2002... In their provocative paper "The IMF and the Ruble Area, 1991-93", John Odling-Smee and Gonsalo Paster (2002) discuss the problems related to the introduction of national currencies in the post-Soviet zone. This is a key issue for understanding...
The IMF and the ruble zone.(International Monetary Fund)
December 22, 2002... The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been given a hard time over its policies towards the former Soviet Union. After a brief experience with the region, starting essentially from the report on the dying Soviet economy (IMF et al., 1991),...
The IMF and the ruble zone.(International Monetary Fund)
December 22, 2002... When the Soviet Union broke up, ten of the fifteen successor states were hit by hyperinflation. Before 1993, only eighteen incidents of hyperinflation had been recorded in world history. (1)
Hyperinflation is a very serious social...
The IMF and the Ruble Zone: response to Odling-Smee and pastor.(International Monetary Fund)
December 22, 2002... Our role at the IMF is not to wait for all such risks to be eliminated before taking action, but even in chaotic circumstances of history to sit down with the authorities of a member country and see how we can help.
Michel Camdessus (1995)...
The IMF and the Ruble Area: response to comments.(International Monetary Fund)
December 22, 2002... We welcome the initiative of Comparative Economic Studies to publish invited comments on our paper on the IMF and the Ruble Area. They have helped to clarify further what actually happened during the demise of the ruble area, and the role...
Exchange rate regime choice in Central and Eastern European transitional economies.
December 22, 2002... I. Introduction
The choice of exchange rate regimes by Central and Eastern European (CEE) transitional economies exhibits a surprising degree of heterogeneity both across countries and over time. The region features several currency...
Globalisation and development: new evidence from Central and Eastern Europe.
December 22, 2002... 1. Introduction
During the first ten years of transition from plan to market, Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC) implemented comprehensive reform programs and achieved essential economic transformations. (1) The main goal of...
Peter Murrell, (ed.) 2001. Assessing the Value of Law in Transition Countries.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... bibliographical references and index, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, pp.408.
Many observers have seen "gangster capitalism" and the absence of the rule of law as a main reason for the economic problems in transition countries....
Jagdish Bhagwati, 2002, Free Trade Today.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 144.
Jagdish Bhagwati recounts an episode in Seattle in late 1999 during the failed WTO meetings, when he was shepherded away from a potentially violent anti-globalization protester, with his...
In memoriam: Eugene Zaleski 1918-2001.
December 22, 2002... It is with regret that I inform readers of the passing of Eugene Zaleski in Paris. Eugene was born in 1918 in Lwow, Poland. He attended the faculty of law at the University of Lwow, where he studied economics. He received his Master of Law in...