Economic Transition in Central Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States E-Book

T. Mickiewicz

• Herausgeber: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Serie: Studies in Economic Transition
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2005

Beschreibung

Fifteen years ago, twenty-seven countries in Europe and Central Asia embarked on their economic transition paths. For some, the outcome was a considerable success. Several others are still struggling to shed the inheritance of the past and to correct more recent policy mistakes. Why were post-Communist recessions so long in some countries and growth disappointing? Why was fiscal performance so different? Was democracy a factor, which facilitated reforms or rather slowed them down? This book discusses these questions in the context of new empirical evidence, including a critical examination of the main themes in the economics of transition literature.