Comparative Economic Studies articles from September 2006

Comparative Economic Studies archives from September 2006

Global imbalances and fund surveillance (1).
September 1, 2006... Over its existence the IMF has been an instrument with multiple objectives. The main objectives have been (a) surveillance over countries' economic policies; (b) occasional provision of financial resources for countries undergoing adjustment...

Introduction to the symposium: comparative macroeconomic measurement.
September 1, 2006... The transition from totalitarian, socialist regimes to more democratic, market-oriented ones in post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe presents economists and other social scientists with a unique environment in which to investigate fundamental...

From transition crises to macroeconomic stability? Lessons from a crises early warning system for Eastern European and CIS countries.
September 1, 2006... This paper uses a Markov regime-switching model to assess the vulnerability of a series of Central and Eastern European countries (ie Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovak Republic) and two CIS countries (ie, Russia and Ukraine) during the period...

Nonstandard forms and measures of employment and unemployment in transition: a comparative study of Estonia, Romania, and Russia.
September 1, 2006... This paper looks behind the standard, publicly available tabor force statistics retied upon in most studies of transition economy tabor markets. We analyse microdata on detailed labor force survey (LFS) responses in Russia, Romania, and Estonia...

Ex ante dynamics of real effects of monetary policy: theory and evidence for Poland and Russia, 2001-2003.
September 1, 2006... This paper proposes a new indicator of the expected real effects of an inflation-targeting monetary policy. This indicator can be derived from a simple two-dimensional vector autoregressive mode[ of inflation and the output gap. A simulation...

From a currency board to the euro: public attitudes toward unilateral euroisation in Bulgaria (1).
September 1, 2006... Bulgaria has operated a currency board since 1997. It is expected to join the European Union in 2007 and the European Monetary Union (EMU) thereafter. This paper analyses public attitudes toward adoption of the euro in advance of EMU membership...

Determinants of commercial bank performance in transition: an application of data envelopment analysis.
September 1, 2006... Banking sectors in transition economies have experienced major transformations throughout the 1990s. White some countries have been successful in eliminating underlying distortions and restructuring their financial sectors, in some cases...

How much of the macroeconomic variation in Eastern Europe is attributable to external shocks?
September 1, 2006... We decompose by origin the sources of the variation in real aggregate output and aggregate price level in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. We find that a sizable fraction of the variation is attributable to external shocks, especially so...

The Economics of Russian Transition.(Book review)
September 1, 2006... The Economics of Russian Transition Yegor Gaidar (ed) MIT Press: Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2003. Comparative Economic Studies (2006) 48, 545-549. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ces.8100168 This formidable book, organised into 26 chapters plus 6...

The Economic Sociology of Capitalism.(Book review)
September 1, 2006... The Economic Sociology of Capitalism Victor Nee and Richard Swedberg (eds), Princeton University Press: Princeton, N J, 2005. pp. 457. Comparative Economic Studies (2006) 48, 550-552. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ces.8100141 Comparative...

The Third Sector in Europe.(Book review)
September 1, 2006... The Third Sector in Europe Adalbert Evers and Jean-Louis Laville (eds), Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, 2004, 266 pp. Comparative Economic Studies (2006) 48, 553-555. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ces.8100142 This collection of essays and...

Regulation and Development.(Book review)
September 1, 2006... Regulation and Development Jean-Jacques Laffont Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK, 2005, xxiii + 268pp. Comparative Economic Studies (2006) 48, 556-557. doh10.1057/palgrave.ces.8100145 Writing this review is a sad assignment,...

Enterprise Restructuring and the Role of Managers in Russia.(Book review)
September 1, 2006... Enterprise Restructuring and the Role of Managers in Russia Gary Krueger M.E. Sharpe: Armonk, New York and London, England, 2004, i-xiii, 222pp., index. Comparative Economic Studies (2006) 48, 558-559. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ces.8100149 ...

Theory in Economic Anthropology.(Book review)
September 1, 2006... Theory in Economic Anthropology Jean Ensminger, ed. AltaMira Press: Walnut Creek, CA, 2002, xix, 316 pp. Comparative Economic Studies (2006) 48, 560-561. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ces.8100150 For many of the contributors to this volume,...