Eastern Europe in Crisis and the Way Out

Economic transformation in the East - a critical appraisal of its development and suggestions for a possible way out, Friedrich Levcik; transformational recession - the example of Hungary, Janos Kornai; lessons for the East from stablization in the West, G.D.N. Worswick; the banking system in Russia, Carlo Boffito; money demand, bank credit and economic performance in former socialist economies, Guillermo A. Colvo and Manhoman Kumar; trade relations of the Eastern European Countries, Patrick A. Messerlin; liberalization of foreign trade - an important component of the progress of economic transformation, with special reference to Czech experience, Judita Stouracova and Alojz Neustadt; the transformation of East-West relations, Joseph E. Smolik; who will own "nobody's property"? - privatization problems in Russia, Oleg Bogomolov; a progress report on privatization in Eastern Europe, Gabor Hunya; restructuring, privatization and industrial policy-making, John A. Kennerley; potential lessons from Austria for the restructuring process in East Europe, Karl Aiginger; social costs and social goals of transformation policy - Polish experience, Jolanta Supinska; social aspects of economic reform in Russia, Vladimir Kollontai; the concept of financial programming confronted with Russian experience, Alexander Nekipelov; the Croatian economy in transition, Dragomir Vojnic; transition in Poland, Witold Trzeciakowski; systemic changes in the Czech economy, Karel Kouba; in quest of lost stablization - reflections on the case of Hungary in 1993, Adam Torok; Slovenia - a new state and its prospects, Joze Menzinger; the transformation process in the new Slovak Republic, Igor Kosir.