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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 2007
Memoriam.(Herbert Levine of University of Pennsylvania)(In memoriam)
December 1, 2007... Herbert Levine's Harvard education, during the period 1946-1960, and his subsequent professorship at the University of Pennsylvania during 1960-2006 benefited generations of Soviet and Russian scholars and economists whom he taught or with whom...
Introduction to the symposium.
December 1, 2007... 'Probably the biggest puzzle in the transition literature is the Chinese economic miracle. Many papers try to provide explanations for this puzzle by singling out various peculiarities of institutional and cultural environment, stage of...
The illusion of westernisation in Russia and China.(Report)
December 1, 2007... INTRODUCTION
The economic performance of Russia and China during the last quarter century could hardly have been more disparate for nations which claimed to have been twin planned communist systems in 1980, and had behaved similarly during...
Fiscal centralisation and decentratisation in Russia and China.(Report)
December 1, 2007... INTRODUCTION: FISCAL AUTONOMY IN RUSSIA AND CHINA
Because of their size and strategic importance, and the magnitude of the institutional changes they have experienced during economic transition, the economic policies and performance of...
On the role of government in transition: the experiences of China and Russia compared.
December 1, 2007... INTRODUCTION
The different economic performance of transitioning Asia versus Central and Eastern Europe and the FSU (CEEFSU) has been arguably the most salient fact of transition. While CEEFSU economies went through deep transformational...
The challenges of governance structure, trade disputes and natural environment to China's growth.(Report)
December 1, 2007... WHAT COULD DERAIL CHINA'S HIGH GROWTH?
China's watchers in the main are optimistic about continued high growth of the Chinese economy. This optimism is in line with the more generalised optimism about the future of the world because of...
Comments on Rosefielde, Parker/Thornton and Woo.
December 1, 2007... More than 15 years after the transition began in Europe and Eurasia, the comparison of the experiences of Russia and China and the discussion of their current situation in these three papers provides fresh insight into important issues in...
Measuring the non-observed economy in a transition economy: the case of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
December 1, 2007... INTRODUCTION
Many studies and various techniques have been developed to assess the size of unofficial economic activities though, unluckily for those countries that are common to multiple studies, there is clear evidence of their divergent...
Black market exchange rate versus the official rate in testing the PPP: an application of a non-linear test.
December 1, 2007... INTRODUCTION
The purchasing power parity theory (PPP) is perhaps one of the most important theories in economics that has received the largest attention in the literature (1). In its absolute form, the theory claims that in the long run...
Compounded effects of external crises on GDP growth.(Report)
December 1, 2007... INTRODUCTION
Models attempting to explain origins of the effects of external crises (1,2) on economic performance feature multiple equilibria where the crisis is one of the possible outcomes. The negative effect of external crises on GDP...
A development club and groupings in Europe, and growth strategies.
December 1, 2007... INTRODUCTION
In 2000 the European Council of the European Union launched an agenda for reforms in order to strengthen employment, economic reforms and social cohesion. In 2005 the European Council issued conclusions on 'Re-launching the...
The rise of the transaction sector in the Bulgarian economy.
December 1, 2007... INTRODUCTION
The concept of transaction costs is one of the most powerful explanations of economic phenomena such as the existence of enterprises or the failure of markets. Despite the importance of transaction costs, approaches to...
The Political Future of Social Security in Aging Societies.
December 1, 2007... The Political Future of Social Security in Aging Societies Vincenzo Galasso The MIT Press: Cambridge, MA, 2006, 257pp, $35.
Comparative Economic Studies (2007) 49, 699-701. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ces.8100223
A pressing issue facing all...
Divergent Paths in Post-Communist Transformation. Capitalism for Art or Capitalism for the Few?
December 1, 2007... Divergent Paths in Post-Communist Transformation. Capitalism for Art or Capitalism for the Few? Oleh Havrylyshyn Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK, and New York, 2006, 514pp, 68 [pounds sterling].
Comparative Economic Studies (2007) 49,...
Latin America's Political Economy of the Possible.
December 1, 2007... Latin America's Political Economy of the Possible Javier Santiso MIT Press: Cambridge, MA, 2006, 250pp.
Vanishing Growth in Latin America: The Late Twentieth Century Experience Andres Solimano (ed). Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, UK, 2006,...
The Successes and Failures of Economic Transition: The European Experience.
December 1, 2007... The Successes and Failures of Economic Transition: The European Experience Hubert Gabrisch and Jens Holscher Palgrave Macmillan: New York, 2006, xiv + 187pp, 55 [pounds sterling]
Comparative Economic Studies (2007) 49, 709-711....