Handbook of the Economics and Political Economy of Transition.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hare, Paul.

Contributor:

Turley, Gerard.

Series:

Routledge International Handbooks Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Former communist countries--Economic policy.

Former communist countries -- Economic policy.

Former communist countries--Economic conditions.

Former communist countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (526 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2013.

Summary:

As more than two decades have passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, it is now an excellent time to take stock of how the transition process has turned out for the economies that have moved on from socialism and the command economy. This new handbook assembles a team of leading experts, many of whom were closely involved in the transition process as policymakers and policy advisors, to explore the major themes that have characterized the transition process. After identifying the nature of initial conditions and the strengths and weaknesses of institutions, the varying paths and reforms countries have taken are fully analyzed - from the shock therapy, privatization or gradualism of the early years to the burning issues of the present including global integration and sustainable growth.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Dedication

CONTENTS

List of illustrations

List of contributors

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction to the Handbook

PART I Introduction

1 Transition economies: the first two decades

2 Institutions in transition

3 Did we go about transition in the right way?

4 Is the transition over? A definition and some measurements

PART II Background

5 Switching development strategies and the costs of transition: the case of the Soviet Union and Russia

6 Central planning in the Soviet system

7 From USSR to Russia: the fate of the military economy

8 Why did transition happen?

PART III Beginnings

9 Transformational recession

10 Privatization

11 Theories and models of economic transition

12 Fiscal policy in transition economies: sustainable public finance as a measure of successful transition

PART IV Integration

13 Trade reorientation and global integration

14 The exchange rate and foreign direct investment: two paths to globalization

15 Enlargement of the European Union

16 EU accession as an instrument for speeding up transition

PART V Political economy

17 Corruption in the post-communist transition

18 Bulgaria and political economy of transition

19 Interpreting China's economic growth and predicting its future course

20 Towards a new growth model in Eastern Europe

PART VI Firms

21 Entrepreneurship in the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe

22 Trade and firms in transition

23 Pyramid state ownership and control in the Czech Republic

24 The business environment in the transition

PART VII People

25 People and transition: Life in Transition Survey

26 The status of women during the early transition process

27 The rural economy and households in China and Russia: a comparison.

28 Labour markets and labour market institutions in transition economies

PART VIII Country studies

29 Why has Serbia not been a frontrunner?

30 Estonia: did the strategy of deep integration fail in the 2008/09 crisis?

31 Russia since transition

32 Rebuilding a tradeables sector: the binding constraint in the East German transition

33 Resource-rich transition economies

PART IX Assessment

34 Economic growth in the transition from communism

35 Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS: 20 years on

36 Communist Asia

37 The great transformation 1989-2029

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Hare, Paul Handbook of the Economics and Political Economy of Transition

ISBN:

9781135080877

OCLC:

843642616