The Successes and Failures of Economic Transition: The European Experience - livre d'occasion

EAN (ISBN-13): 9781403934932
ISBN (ISBN-10): 1403934932
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Date de parution: 2006
Editeur: Humana Press
187 Pages
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Langue: eng/Englisch

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1-4039-3493-2, 978-1-4039-3493-2
Autres types d'écriture et termes associés:
Auteur du livre: holscher, gabrisch, uvo hölscher, jens
Titre du livre: successes failures economic transition european experience

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Données de l'éditeur

Auteur: H. Gabrisch; J. Hölscher
Titre: The Successes and Failures of Economic Transition - The European Experience
Editeur: Palgrave Macmillan; Palgrave Macmillan UK
187 Pages
Date de parution: 2006-08-25
London; GB
Poids: 0,385 kg
Langue: Anglais
106,99 € (DE)
109,99 € (AT)
118,00 CHF (CH)
POD
XIV, 187 p.

BB; Development Economics; Hardcover, Softcover / Wirtschaft/Volkswirtschaft; Entwicklungsökonomie und Schwellenländer; Verstehen; China; communism; development; Economic Development; labor market; Privatization; statistics; transformation; Regional/Spatial Science; Political Economy/Economic Systems; Development Economics; Regional and Spatial Economics; Political Economy and Economic Systems; Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie; Regionalstudien / Internationale Studien; BC; EA; EA

List of Figures List of Tables List of Boxes List of Acronyms Acknowledgements Introduction PART 1: THE MEANING AND MEASUREMENT OF TRANSITION What Transition Means How Transition is Measured An Alternative Measure: Economic and Social Effects Appendix A: The Gini Coefficient and the Lorenz Curve PART 2: TWO COMPETING CONCEPTS OF TRANSITION The 'Washington Consensus' Approach The Evolutionary-institutionalist Approach Fundamental Differences in Transitional Issues The Dispute over Stabilization Policy A Country Taxonomy of Transition Appendix 1: The Lipton-Sachs Model of Combining Liberalization and Stabilization Appendix 2: IMF Financial Programming PART 3: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, STABILITY, AND GROWTH The Core of the Monetary Economy: The Central Bank Financial Systems as Stabilizers Financial Fragility The Relevance of Financial Systems for Stability and Growth The Strategy of ' Semi -liberalization' The Evolution of Financial Institutions PART 4: PRIVATIZATION AND COMPETITION From State to Private Ownership A Taxonomy of Privatization Methods A Review of Anti-trust Practices in EU Accession Countries PART 5: EMERGING LABOUR MARKETS Supply- and Demand-side Liberalization The Unemployment Problem The Optimal Speed of Transition The Beveridge Curve Growth and Unemployment Appendix: The Aghion-Blanchard Model of the OST PART 6: OPENING TOWARDS THE WORLD The Open and Opening Economy Price Convergence and Aggregate Demand Relative Price Shocks and Value Added The Exchange Rate as a Tool for Trade Policy Capital Account Liberalization Appendix: Trade Opening and Negative Value Added PART 7: RISING INCOME INEQUALITY Income Distribution and Convergence in the Transition Process The 'Standard Explanation' for Rising Inequality and its Application to Transition Economies Macroeconomic Aspects of Income Distribution Some Observations Cross-country Comparisons Country Performances Reconsidered Convergence versus Divergence Appendix: Income Statistics PART 8: TRANSITION AND EU MEMBERSHIP Competition Policy EMU Membership Fiscal Transparency Fiscal Transparency and Rules in poland PART 9: COUNTRY CASE STUDIES East Germany: The Transfer Economy Hungary: The Economy of Stop-go Cycles Russia: The Oligarchic Economy The 'new rich' and Capital Flight China: Currency Undervaluation and Economic Development Reasons for Fixing the Exchange Rate to the US Dollar Does the PBOC waste money? Adjustment of the Balance of Payments Index