Comparative Economic Studies articles from March 2009

Comparative Economic Studies archives from March 2009

What did the study of the Soviet economy contribute to mainstream economics?(50th Anniversary Essay)(Essay)
March 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION Economics develops as a result of the application of new techniques, such as game theory or experiments; purely internal developments, for example, the development of imperfect competition theory; attention to long-standing...

Trade, foreign direct investment, and growth: evidence from transition economies.(Report)
March 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION The experiences of economic transition from a centrally planned to a market-based system in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the former Soviet Union raise two pertinent questions. First, what triggered growth that ended...

Worker mobility within Polish agriculture.(Report)
March 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION Although hailed as an event that would enhance the world standing of the EU (Kok, 2003), the 2004 enlargement imposed severe strains on many of its ambitions and policies. (1) One notable case in point relates to the agenda...

Fertility, money holdings, and economic growth: evidence from Ukraine.(Report)
March 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION Declining fertility has reached a below-replacement level in many Central and East European economies and has caused great concern among politicians and social scientists. According to population pessimists, because of the...

Is inflation perceived by Polish consumers driven by prices of frequently bought goods and services?
March 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION The existence of divergences between economic agents' subjective opinions concerning current price developments and statistical inflation indicators creates a challenge for monetary policy makers. In particular, a gap between...

Impact of derivatives trading on emerging stock markets: some evidence from India.(Report)
March 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION There is a debate in the literature as to whether stock market development adds to economic growth. (1) Levine (1991) and Bencivenga et al. (1995, 1996) argue that stock market development, which reduces the liquidity risk of...

Masters of Illusion. American Leadership in the Media Age.(Book review)
March 1, 2009... Masters of Illusion. American Leadership in the Media Age Steven Rosefielde and D. Quinn Mills Cambridge University Press: New York, 2007, pp. xxvii, 540. Masters of Illusion is a critique of past and present US foreign policy and...

Institutions and Norms in Economic Development.(Book review)
March 1, 2009... Institutions and Norms in Economic Development Mark Gradstein and Kai A. Konrad (eds), CESifo Seminar Series The MIT Press: Cambridge, MA and London, 2007, xv, pp. 234, $30.00, hardcover. ISBN 978-0-262-07284-7. The central theme...

The New Political Economy of Emerging Europe.(Book review)
March 1, 2009... The New Political Economy of Emerging Europe Laszlo Csaba Akademiai Kiado: Budapest, Second edition, 400pp. More sweeping in its scope than its title or size would reveal, this book reviews and analyses an epochal historic...

Russia's Capitalist Revolution: Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed.(Book review)
March 1, 2009... Russia's Capitalist Revolution: Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed Anders Aslund Peterson Institute for International Economics: Washington, DC, 2007, xxiii + 356 pp., $26.95, ISBN: 978-0-88132-409-9. Since it is not...

The Institutional Economics of Corruption and Reform.(Book review)
March 1, 2009... The Institutional Economics of Corruption and Reform Johan Graf Lambsdorff Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK, 2007, pp. 286, index. Prof. Lambsdorff has given us a magisterial book that thoroughly surveys the comparative...

French Welfare State Reform: Idealism versus New Zealand and Dutch Pragmatism.(Book review)
March 1, 2009... French Welfare State Reform: Idealism versus New Zealand and Dutch Pragmatism James Angresano Anthem Press: London, 2007, $80.00, 279pp. Approaches to the welfare state have evolved from the 'social protection state' paradigm to...

Equality and Economy: The Global Challenge.(Book review)
March 1, 2009... Equality and Economy: The Global Challenge Michael Blim AltaMira Press: Walnut Creek, CA, 2005, 243pp, $29.95, ISBN 0-7591-0688-6. This excellent interdisciplinary book by anthropologist Michael Blim analyses inequality and...

Economic Transition in Central Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States.(Book review)
March 1, 2009... Economic Transition in Central Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States Tomasz Mickiewicz Palgrave MacMillan: London and New York, 2006, xviii + 214 pp., index. $90. Tomasz Mickiewicz is an economist of Polish origin...

The Arab Economies in a Changing World.(Book review)
March 1, 2009... The Arab Economies in a Changing World Marcus Noland and Howard Pack Petersen Institute: Washington, DC, 2007, $24.95, 313pp. This book 'provides an integrated politico-economic analysis of Arab economic performance and prospects',...