Comparative Economic Studies articles from June 1998

Comparative Economic Studies archives from June 1998

Enterprise restructuring in Russia's transition economy: formal and informal mechanisms.
June 22, 1998... For Russia's transition from plan to market to succeed, the majority of former state-owned enterprises must restructure their production and financial operations, and adjust the size and composition of their workforce correspondingly. While...

Will restructuring Hungarian companies innovate?
June 22, 1998... 1. Introduction: Berliner on Innovation In his essay on the historic transformation of the Soviet Union, Joseph Berliner claims that the Soviet experience dramatizes the importance of technical progress as an indicator of systemic...

The economic effects of privatization: evidence from a Russian panel.
June 22, 1998... I Introduction. Most economists expect that privatization per se will have favorable economic effects for firms in transition economies. In addition, economic outcomes are expected to vary with the specific form of private ownership...

Restructuring in transition: conception and measurement.
June 22, 1998... What follows are some thoughts stimulated by the Linz and Krueger (1998) piece in the current issue of CES. That piece begins with a survey of the use of the concept of restructuring in the transition economics literature, and then turns to...

John P. Bonin and Istvan Abel, "Will Restructuring Hungarian Companies Innovate?".
June 22, 1998... This paper is trying to accomplish two very interesting and useful tasks. First, it seeks to answer a question posed early in the paper: Why do Hungarian firms, while average in terms of privatization and financial restructuring relative to...

Distributional Conflict and Inflation.
June 22, 1998... Richard C.K. Burdekin and Paul Burkett. 1996. Distributional Conflict and Inflation. New York: St. Martin's Press. Is it the fate of the conflict theory of inflation to live on the fringe or does it have a place in mainstream economic...

Going Global: Transition From Plan to Market in The World Economy.
June 22, 1998... Padma Desai (ed.). 1997. Going Global: Transition From Plan to Market in The World Economy. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. How have the formerly planned economies been making their way into the global and trading and financial system since the...

Made in Japan: Revitalizing Japanese Manufacturing for Economic Growth.
June 22, 1998... Japan Commission on Industrial Performance. 1997. Made in Japan: Revitalizing Japanese Manufacturing for Economic Growth. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press. Made in Japan, its title emulating the 1989 MIT publication, Made in America, is an...

Trade and Growth in Transition Economies: Export Impediments for Central and Eastern Europe.
June 22, 1998... Richard Cooper and Janos Gacs (eds). 1997. Trade and Growth in Transition Economies: Export Impediments for Central and Eastern Europe, Edward Elgar. This book consists of a collection of ten essays that analyze developments in and...