The Transition to the Market Economy
Routledge
978-0-415-12434-8 (ISBN)
This collection draws together the most significant writings on the economics of transition. Although there are a wide range of examples from different countries and industries, the focus is on analysis of the key issues. These include:
* macroeconomics and stabilization
* liberalization and the establishment of markets
* property rights and the legal framework
* reform of banking and finance, agriculture, and the trading system
* the functioning of labour markets
This collection draws on material from an enormous range of sources. It includes articles by Barry Eichengreen, Oliver Blanchard, Stanley Fischer and Janos Kornai.
Paul G. Hare is Professor of Economics at Heriot-Watt University and Director of the Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation. He also edits Economics of Transition for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Junior R. Davis is Research Associate at Heriot-Watt University. He has written several papers on economic adjustment in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
Preface
VOLUME I
Introductory overview by P. G. Hare and J R. Davis
Part I Political economy of transition
On the speed of transition in Central Europe
P. Aghion and 0. J. Blanchard
Lessons of the first four years of systemic change in
Eastern Europe
A. Aslund
Common fallacies in the debate on the economic
transition in Central and Eastern Europe
L. Balcerowicz
Transition in Poland
J Blanchard
Output collapse in Eastern Europe: the role of credit
G. A. Calvo and F. Coricelli
Interventionist pressures on a policy maker during the
transition to economic freedom (personal experience)
Dabrowski
Transformation, depression, and economics: some lessons
Ellman
What is shock therapy? What did it do in Poland and Russia?
P. Murrell
Transformation traps
Portes
The role of political constraints in transition strategies
G. Roland
Why did output fall in Eastern Europe?
J Williamson
Part II Macroeconomics and stabilisation
Stabilization and the macroeconomics of transition - how
different is Eastern Europe?
Bruno
Stabilization in Poland
G. A. Calvo and F. Coricelli
On the credibility of 'big bang' programs: a note on wage
claims and soft budget constraints in economies in transition
F. Coricelli and G. M. Milesi-Ferretti
Stabilization and economic reform in Russia
Fischer
Fiscal policy during the transition in Eastern Europe
R.H. Gordon
Transformational recession: the main causes
J. Kornai
The applicability of standard reform packages to
Eastern Europe
J. Winiecki
VOLUME II
Part III Liberalisation and markets
A theory of shortage in Socialist economies based on the
"soft budget constraint"
Y. Qian
From plan to market: on the nature of the transformation
crisis
H. Schmieding
Knowledge, transaction costs and the creation of markets in
post-Socialist economies
W Swaan
Part IV Property rights and the legal framework for transition economies
Legal foundations of a market economy
European Economy
Market-oriented reform legislation in the independent states
European Economy
Competition policy in Russia during and after privatization
P. L. Joskow, R. Schmalensee and N Tsukanova
Part V Privatisation
The behaviour of state firms in Eastern Europe,
pre-privatisation
P. Aghion, 0. 1 Blanchard and R. Burgess
The economics of enterprise restructuring in Central and
Eastern Europe
P. Aghion, 0. J. Blanchard and W Carlin
Political dimensions of privatization in Eastern Europe
J. Batt
Privatization policies in Central and Eastern Europe
P. Bolton and G. Roland
Economic transition and privatization: the issues
S. Estrin
Insiders and the state: overview of responses to agency
problems in East European privatizations
R. Frydman and A. Rapaczynski
Triggering evolution: the case for a breakthrough in
privatization
I. Grosfeld
Restructuring and privatizing electric utilities in Eastern
Europe
D. M. Newbery
Transforming state enterprises in Poland: evidence on
adjustment by manufacturing firms
B. Pinto, M. Belka and S. Krajewski
Privatization in Eastern Europe: irreversibility and critical
mass effects
G. Roland and T. Verdier
VOLUME III
Part VI Banking and finance
Balance sheet restructuring and privatisation of the banks
H. J Blommestein and J R. Lange
Financial reform in Eastern Europe: progress with the
wrong model
J Corbett and C. Mayer
Bank reform and behavior in Central Europe
P. Dittus
Banking reform in Central and Eastern Europe
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Needed mechanisms of corporate governance and finance
in Eastern Europe
R. Frydman, E. S. Phelps, A. Rapaczynski and A. Shleifer
Enterprise debt and financial restructuring in Central and
Eastern Europe
D. Begg and R. Portes
An innovatory package for financial sector reforms in
Eastern European countries
Steinherr
Eastern Europe's experience with banking reform: is there a
role for banks in the transition?
Thorne
Enterprise reform in Eastern Europe
S. van Wijnbergen
The role of international financial institutions in the
transition process
S. Zecchini
Part VII Trade
Structural adjustment and international trade in Eastern
Europe: the case of Poland
Berg and J Sachs
A payments mechanism for the former Soviet Union: is the
EPU a relevant precedent?
B. Eichengreen
Trade with Eastern Europe
C. B. Hamilton and L. A. Winters
The international competitiveness of industries in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland
G. Hughes and P. Hare
Trade liberalization with Eastern nations. How sensitive?
D. Neven
The impact of systemic transition on the European
Community
D. M. Nuti
EC trade with Eastern Europe
J Rollo and A. Smith
VOLUME IV
Part VIII Agriculture
Intersectoral changes in former Socialist economies:
distinguishing initial from longer-term responses
K. Anderson
The CAP and Central and Eastern Europe
Buckwell and S. Tangermann
Domestic and trade policy for Central and East European agriculture
L. Karp and S. Stefanou
Why collectivization of agriculture in Socialist countries
has failed: a transaction cost approach
G. Schmitt
Part IX Labour markets
'Transitional' unemployment
T. Boeri
Unemployment, labour markets and structural change in
Eastern Europe
M. Burda
Economic restructuring, unemployment, and growth in a
transition economy
B. Chadha, F. Coricelli and K. Krajnyak
Economic policy and employment in the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe: what have we learned?
R. Jackman
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.3.1997 |
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Reihe/Serie | Critical Perspectives on the World Economy |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 453 g |
Themenwelt | Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie |
Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik | |
ISBN-10 | 0-415-12434-4 / 0415124344 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-12434-8 / 9780415124348 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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