Transition economies and foreign trade / Jan Winiecki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winiecki, Jan.

Series:

Routledge studies of societies in transition ; 17.

Routledge studies of societies in transition ; 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Exports--Europe, Eastern.

Exports.

Exports--Europe, Central.

International trade.

Europe, Eastern--Commerce.

Europe, Eastern.

Europe, Central--Commerce.

Europe, Central.

Europe, Eastern--Economic conditions--1989-.

Europe, Central--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Transition Economies and Foreign Trade makes the bold claim to have solved puzzles that have hindered the subject for years. By taking the distortions of the Communist era into consideration, Winiecki has explained the phenomenon of the decline in output and trade, as well as explaining the dual commodity nature of exports in the early transition phase.The book's intriguing analyses include:*the legacy of the Communist past upon foreign trade transition*the reorientation of exports from the East to the West *trade and exchange rate regimes and their impact upon foreign

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The legacy of the communist past and its impact on foreign trade in transition; Foreign trade adjustment in early transition; Successes of trade reorientation and trade expansion: an enterprise-level approach; Institutions and foreign trade reorientation: how much impact upon performance?; Post-transition foreign trade problems and prospects: the economics and political economy of accession; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-143) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-52601-6

0-429-22890-2

1-134-52602-4

1-280-06878-7

0-203-16459-8

9780429228902

OCLC:

437083394