Comparative Economic Studies articles from December 2003

Comparative Economic Studies archives from December 2003

The first decade of economic transition in Central Asia: an introduction to the symposium.
December 1, 2003... In the vast existing literature on economics of transition, only relatively few papers concentrate on economic developments in Central Asia (see eg Kaser, 1997a, b; Pomfret, 1995, 2002; Kalyuzhnova, 1998, 2000, 2002). This is probably because...

Economic performance in Central Asia since 1991: macro and micro evidence (1).
December 1, 2003... How should we assess the economic performance of the five Central Asian countries since they abandoned central planning and became independent in 1991? By the usual measure, real GDP, they were to varying degrees worse offa decade after...

Recent developments in the short-term employment in Kazakhstani firms.
December 1, 2003... INTRODUCTION Up to the first half of the 1990s, it was widely claimed that the privatisation of enterprises in a transitional economy should improve productivity and enhance national economic performance. This claim reflected ah underlying...

Kyrgyz labour market in the late 1990s: the challenge of formal job creation.
December 1, 2003... INTRODUCTION The Kyrgyz Republic is the second poorest country in the former Soviet Union (FSU) after Tajikistan, yet it is probably the most rapidly reforming country in the region. Its population of 4.9 million suffered substantially...

Determinants of the negative impact of being landlocked on trade: an empirical investigation through the Central Asian case.
December 1, 2003... INTRODUCTION The fall of the USSR led to the creation of 15 new countries, of which nine are landlocked. By geographic definition, a landlocked country is one that does not have open access to the sea. (2) At present, more than one out of...

Former socialist economies and the undergraduate curriculum.
December 1, 2003... More than a decade now has passed since the dramatic collapse of socialist systems in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Combined with the earlier-launched transformation of the Chinese economy, over a third of the world's population...

Transition economies: how appropriate is the size and scope of government?
December 1, 2003... INTRODUCTION As markets expand in transition economies, the size and scope of government should also be reformed. Rather than engaging in a wide range of economic activities as under central planning, the government should be shifting its...

Modernizing Infrastructure in Transformation Economies: Paving the Way to European Enlargement.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... Christian von Hirschhausen, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham and Northampton, MA, 2002, pp. 267. Infrastructure and natural monopolies are increasingly controversial topics in postcommunist transition, while many other disputes are being resolved....