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Comparative Economic Studies articles from September 2007
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 September 2007
12th Dubrovnik Economic Conference Symposium.(Introduction)(Conference news)
September 1, 2007... The Croatian National Bank's annual Dubrovnik conferences are a mainstay for research on economies in transition and the problems that they share with other emerging market countries. The 12th Dubrovnik Economic Conference was held on 28 June-1...
Asset prices, globalisation, and implications for monetary policy.
September 1, 2007... Introduction
The coexistence of low inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, with significant and continua] asset price increases is indeed a notable paradox of current economic times. (1) The persistence, in many countries, of...
The boom in household lending in transition countries: a Croatian case study and a cross-country analysis of determinants.
September 1, 2007... INTRODUCTION
Since the mid-1990s, the transition countries of Central and South East Europe have made major strides in restructuring their banking systems. (1) A wave of foreign investment in banking has occurred, resulting in foreign bank...
Determinants of house prices in central and eastern Europe.
September 1, 2007... INTRODUCTION
Housing markets have revived strongly in many countries around the world in recent years, including in central and eastern Europe (CEE). (1) Although house prices in this region remain on average far below the western European...
The Euro and cross-border banking: evidence from bilateral data.(Report)
September 1, 2007... MOTIVATION
Has the Euro promoted financial integration in Europe? (1) This question has been addressed in a series of research papers in recent years. This literature shows that money markets are highly integrated and that the introduction...
Risk taking by banks in the transition countries.
September 1, 2007... INTRODUCTION
The banking sectors of the transition countries have progressed remarkably in the last 15 years. In fact, banking in most transition countries has largely shaken off the traumas of the transition era. At the start of the 21st...
Foreign direct investment and export performance: empirical evidence.
September 1, 2007... INTRODUCTION
Since the late 1980s, Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries switched from a centrally planned economic system to one based on market forces. They privatised many state-owned enterprises, signed foreign trade agreements...
Electoral fiscal policy in new, old, and fragile democracies.
September 1, 2007... INTRODUCTION
The last quarter century has been marked by widespread democratisation across the world. (1) Since the beginning of the 'third wave' of democratisation in 1974 (Huntington, 1991), dozens of states have adopted democracy as a...
The Central Asian Economies Since Independence.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... The Central Asian Economies Since Independence Richard Pomfret Princeton University Press: Princeton, NJ and Woodstock, UK, 2006, x + 233pp, index, $65.00, cloth.
When is transition over? To put it bluntly, not yet in Central Asia....
Foreign Direct Investment. Six Country Case Studies.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Foreign Direct Investment. Six Country Case Studies YA Wei and VN Balasubramanyam (eds) Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, UK, 2004, 204pp.
This book contains six papers on foreign direct investment (FDI) in Ireland, China, India, Malaysia, Mexico,...
Confronting Income Inequality in Japan: A Comparative Analysis of Causes, Consequences, and Reform.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Confronting Income Inequality in Japan: A Comparative Analysis of Causes, Consequences, and Reform Toshiaki Tachibanaki MIT Press: Cambridge, MA, USA, 2005, 240pp.
This book seeks to demolish the widespread image of postwar Japanese...
The Institutional Economics of Russia's Transformation.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... The Institutional Economics of Russia's Transformation Anton N Oleinik (ed) Ashgate Publishing Limited: Aldershot, Hampshire, England, 2005, 344pp.
The goal of this volume, in the editor's words, is to provide 'a reasonable explanation of...
Economic Reform in China and India.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Economic Reform in China and India Joseph CH Chai and Kartik C Roy Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, UK, 2006, 295pp, $130.
This book provides some useful comparative analysis of the growth and development of China and India in the post-colonial...
Understanding Institutional Diversity.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Understanding Institutional Diversity Elinor Ostrom Princeton University Press: Princeton, NJ, 2005, 365pp, index, Price: 17.95 [pounds sterling] (paperback).
In this book, Elinor Ostrom lays out in detail the results of her more than 20...
The State After Statism: New State Activities in the Age of Liberalization.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... The State After Statism: New State Activities in the Age of Liberalization Jonah D. Levy (ed) Harvard University Press: Cambridge, MA, USA, 2006, 488pp, $24.95
How time can change perspectives! Just a few years ago it would have been...
Multinational Firms in the World Economy.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Multinational Firms in the World Economy Giorgio Barba Navaretti and Anthony J Venables, with Frank G Barry, Korolina Ekholm, Anna M Falzoni, Jan I Haaland, Karen Helene Midelfart and Alessandro Turrini. Princeton University Press: Princeton,...