Comparative Economic Studies articles from March 2006

Comparative Economic Studies archives from March 2006

Development opportunities for the Roma in Central and southeast Europe--impediments and challenges.(Introduction)
March 1, 2006... The articles in this issue address a crucial problem: the development challenges of vulnerable groups in general and the Roma in particular. The articles are based on two different research projects conducted by the UNDP Regional Centre in...

Education and employment opportunities for the Roma.
March 1, 2006... JEL Classifications: J15, J23, P27 INTRODUCTION In some ways the title of this article is excessively optimistic. Given the high unemployment rates among the Roma, perhaps the title should be 'Opportunities for Roma to Avoid...

Poverty and the determinants of welfare for Roma and other vulnerable groups in Southeastern Europe.
March 1, 2006... JEL Classifications: 132, J15 INTRODUCTION Poverty rates for the Roma in Southeast Europe are higher than for other vulnerable groups. (1) The Roma not only have less money to spend but also face limited access to education, employment...

Microlending to the Roma in Central and Southeastern Europe: mixed results, new approaches.
March 1, 2006... JEL Classifications: J23, 138, 017 INTRODUCTION The early 1990s in transition economies was a period marked by high unemployment due to downsizing and the closure of loss-making state-owned enterprises. Significant increases in...

Command versus 'shadow': the conflicted soul of the Soviet economy (1).(Author abstract)
March 1, 2006... JEL Classifications: P51, P20, P30 INTRODUCTION This essay represents an appreciation of the work of Gregory Grossman on the Soviet economic system. Greg's approach was and is 'fundamentalist'; he looks to the essential nature, the...

Economic systems of developing nations.(Author abstract)
March 1, 2006... JEL Classifications: 0-110, 0-579, P-510 ********** In the analysis of economic systems and their consequences, most discussion in the literature focuses on industrialised nations. In this short exploratory essay, I explore how...

The challenge of fiscal decentralisation in transition countries.
March 1, 2006... JEL Classifications: E62, H20, H30, H40 INTRODUCTION A number of developed and developing countries have undertaken comprehensive reforms of their intergovernmental fiscal systems over the past two decades, and this trend has extended...

Trusted markets: the exchanges of Islamic companies.
March 1, 2006... JEL Classifications: A10, A14, O10, O14, G14, P14, P52, Z12 INTRODUCTION In recent years, Turkey has witnessed a new form of corporate finance in which companies, commonly called 'Islamic', borrow directly from lenders without using...

Decline of corporate enterprises in transitional agriculture: evidence from Lithuania.
March 1, 2006... JEL Classifications: P46, QI2, R20, 012, 018 INTRODUCTION An important aspect of the economic transition in the formerly socialist economies is the change in the structure of enterprises within agricultural sectors. Following the...

Beyond Transition: Development Perspective and Dilemmas.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Beyond Transition. Development Perspective and Dilemmas Marek Dabrowski, Ben Slay and Jaroslaw Neneman (eds) Ashgate: Aldershot, Hants, UK, 283pp. Beyond Transition is a collection of 18 papers presented at a conference convened in 2003 by...

The Size of Nations.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... The Size of Nations Alberto Alesina and Enrico Spolaore, MIT Press: Cambridge, MA, 2003, 261pp. Imagine that the typical 50-page limit was removed from a journal article, not once but twice, giving the authors room to roam. That is...

Biographical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Economists.(Video recording review)
March 1, 2006... Biographical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Economists Robert Campbell Available on the Web and CD. January, 2005, version. Comparativists of a certain age schooled in Soviet economics will remember the important articles published by Bob...

The Economics of Sport: An International Perspective.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... The Economics of Sport: An International Perspective Robert Sandy, Peter J Sloane and Mark S Rosentraub Palgrave Macmillan: New York, NY, LISA, 2004. xvi + 347pp. Why study the economics of sports? Sports revenues are not a substantial...

Korea's New Economic Strategy in the Globalization Era.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Korea's New Economic Strategy in the Globalization Era O. Yul Kwon, Sung-Hee Jwa, and Kyung-Tae Lee (eds), Edward Elgar: Cheltenham and Northampton, MA, 2003, pp. 247. Korea's New Economic Strategy originates in papers written for a...