Transition economies


		Policy Research Working Papers: Abstracts Transition economies Abstracts and full-length papers in PDF are available here for a particular topic. For information about the Working Papers series, guidelines for use and citations, and lists of papers on other topics, see the Working Papers homepage. 2165. The Russian City in Transition: The First Six Years in 10 Volga Capitals Martha de Melo and Gur Ofer 2135. Hungary's Integration into European Union Markets: Production and Trade Restructuring Bartlomiej Kaminski 2100. Decentralization in Regional Fiscal Systems in Russia: Trends and Links to Economic Performance Lev Freinkman and Plamen Yossifov 2095. Ten Years of Post-Socialist Transition Lessons for Policy Reform Grzegorz W. Kolodko 2087. Male-Female Differences in Labor Market Outcomes during the Early Transition to Market: The Case of Estonia and Slovenia Peter F. Orazem and Milan Vodopivec 2077. Change in the Perception of the Poverty Line during Times of Depression: Russia 1993-96 Branko Milanovic and Branko Jovanovic 2047. Ownership Structure and Enterprise Restructuring in Six Newly Independent States Simeon Djankov 2046. Restructuring of Insider-Dominated Firms Simeon Djankov 1982. Analyzing Financial Sectors in Transition: With Special Reference to the Former Soviet Union Alan Roe, Paul Siegelbaum, and Tim King 1954. Politicians and Firms in Seven Central and Eastern European Countries Stijn Claessens and Simeon Djankov 1952. Enterprise Isolation Programs in Transition Economies Simeon Djankov 1935. Explaining the Increase in Inequality during the Transition Branko Milanovic 1934. WTO Accession for Countries in Transition Constantine Michalopoulos 1930. The Main Determinants of Inflation in Albania Ilker Domac and Carlos Elbirt 1927. Revenue-Productive Income Tax Structures and Tax Reforms in Emerging Market Economies: Evidence from Bulgaria Fareen M.A. Hassan 1920. Education and Earnings in a Transition Economy (Vietnam) Peter R. Moock, Harry Anthony Patrinos, and Meera Venkataraman 1919. The Empirical Effects of Performance Contracts: Evidence from China Mary Shirley and Lixin Colin Xu The Size, Origins, and Character of Mongolia’s Informal Sector during the Transition James H. Anderson 1903. Taxing Capital Income in Hungary and the European Union Jean-Jacques Dethier and Christoph John 1902. When Economic Reform is Faster than Statistical Reform: Measuring and Explaining Inequality in Rural China Martin Ravallion and Shaohua Chen 1891. The Housing Market in the Russsian Federation: Privatization and Its Implications for Market Development Alla K. Guzanova 1879. Relative Prices and Inflation in Poland, 1989–97: The Special Role of Administered Price Increases Przemyslaw Wozniak 1866. Circumstance and Choice: The Role of Initial Conditions and Policies in Transition Economies Martha de Melo, Cevdet Denizer, Alan Gelb, and Stoyan Tenev 1863. Are the Poor Less Well-Insured? Evidence on Vulnerability to Income Risk in Rural China Jyotsna Jalan and Martin Ravallion 1856. Surviving Success: Policy Reform and the Future of Industral Pollution in China Susmita Dasgupta, Hua Wang, and David Wheeler 1855. Stabilization, Adjustment, and Growth Prospects in Transition Economies Cevdet Denizer 1837. How Estonia's Economic Transition Affected Employment and Wages (1989-95) Rivo Noorkoiv, Peter F. Orazem, Allan Puur, and Milan Vodopivec 1830. Private Ownership and Corporate Performance: Some Lessons from Transition Economies Roman Frydman, Cheryl W. Gray, Marek Hessel, and Andrzej Rapaczynski 1819. The Argentine Pension Reform and Its Relevance for Eastern Europe Dimitri Vittas 1818. What Affects the Russian Regional Governments' Propensity to Subsidize? Lev Freinkman and Michael Haney 1814. Making Education in China Equitable and Efficient Shaikh I. Hossain 1813. Tackling Health Transition in China Shaikh I. Hossain 1809. Institutions in Transition: Reliability of Rules and Economic Performance in Former Socialist Countries Aymo Brunetti, Gregory Kisunko, and Beatrice Weder 1808. Economic Transition and the Distributions of Income and Wealth Francisco H.G. Ferreira 1803. Fiscal Adjustments in Transition Economies—Social Transfers and the Efficiency of Public Spending: A Comparison with OECD Countries Barbara Fakin and Alain de Crombrugghe 1794. Ownership Structure, Corporate Governance, and Corporate Performance: The Case of Chinese Stock Companies Xiaonian Xu and Yan Wang 1793. Wage and Pension Pressure on the Polish Budget Alain de Crombrugghe 1789. Competition Law in Bulgaria after Central Planning Bernard Hoekman and Simeon Djankov 1786. The Economics of Customs Unions in the Commonwealth of Independent States Constantine Michalopoulos and David Tarr 1778. How Government Policies Affect the Relationship between Polish and World Wheat Prices Szczepan Figiel, Tom Scott, and Panos Varangis 1763. China and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency Yushu Feng 1761. Bending the Rules: Discretionary Pollution Control in China Susmita Dasgupta, Mainul Huq, and David Wheeler 1758. The Restructuring of Large Firms in Slovakia Simeon Djankov and Gerhard Pohl 1743. How China's Government and State Enterprises Partitioned Property and Control Rights Lixin Colin Xu 1737. Ownership and Corporate Governance: Evidence from the Czech Republic Stijn Claessens, Simeon Djankov, and Gerhard Pohl 1723. The Productivity Effects of Decentralized Reforms: An Analysis of the Chinese Industrial Reforms Lixin Colin Xu 1721. EU Accession of Central and Eastern Europe: Bridging the Income Gap Luca Barbone and Juan Zalduendo 1720. The Distribution of Foreign Direct Investment in China Harry G. Broadman and Xiaolun Sun 1719. Shifting Responsibility for Social Services as Enterprises Privatize in Belarus David Sewell 1714. Fiscal Federalism in Bosnia-Herzegovina: The Dayton Challenge William Fox and Christine Wallich 1707. Trade Reorientation and Productivity Growth in Bulgarian Enterprises Simeon Djankov and Bernard Hoekman 1706. Monetary Policy during Transition: An Overview Martha de Melo and Cevdet Denizer 1705. The Polish Experience with Bank and Enterprise Restructuring Fernando Montes-Negret and Luca Papi 1704. Citizen Complaints as Environmental Indicators: Evidence from China Susmita Dasgupta and David Wheeler 1702. Nontradables Inflation and Macroeconomic Policy Mix: A Model with Policy Application to Transition Economies Hana Polackova 1697. Strategies to Develop Mortgage Markets in Transition Economies Dwight M. Jaffee and Bertrand Renaud 1691. Integrating the Unofficial Economy into the Dynamics of Post-Socialist Economies: A Framework of Analysis and Evidence Daniel Kaufmann and Aleksander Kaliberda 1652. Intra-Industry Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and the Reorientation of Eastern European Exports Bernard Hoekman and Simeon Djankov 1651. Bank-Led Restructuring in Poland: Bankruptcy and its Alternatives Cheryl W. Gray and Arnold Holle 1650. Bank-Led Restructuring in Poland: An Empirical Look at the Bank Conciliation Process Cheryl W. Gray and Arnold Holle 1647. The Baltics—Banking Crises Observed Alex Fleming, Lily Chu, and Marie-Renée Bakker 1644. Pricing Industrial Pollution in China: An Econometric Analysis of the Levy System Hua Wang and David Wheeler 1642. Banking Reform in Transition Countries Stijn Claessens 1638. Private Pension Funds in Hungary: Early Performance and Regulatory Issues Dimitri Vittas 1635. Restructuring of Enterprise Social Assets in Russia: Trends, Problems, Possible Solutions Lev M. Freinkman and Irinia Starodubrovskaya 1631. Bank Regulation and the Network Paradigm: Policy Implications for Developing and Transition Economies Patrick Honohan and Dimitri Vittas 1596. Agrarian Structure in Poland: The Myth of Large-Farm Superiority Johan van Zyl, Bill R. Miller, and Andrew Parker 1595. In Search of Owners: Lessons of Experience with Privatization and Corporate Governance in Transition Economies Cheryl W. Gray 1590. The Latvian Banking Crisis: Lessons Learned Alex Fleming and Samuel Talley 1588. Social Insurance in the Transition to a Market Economy: Theoretical Issues with Application to Moldova Deborah Mabbett 1587. Payments and Finance Problems in the Commonwealth of Independent States Constantine Michalapoulos 1585. Public Finances and Economic Transition Luca Barbone and Hana Polackova 1584. Price Support at Any Price? Costs and Benefits of Alternative Agricultural Practices for Poland Witold M. Orlowski 1579. Different Strategies of Transition to a Market Economy: How Do They Work in Practice? Marek Dabrowski 1565. Housing Finance in Transition Economies: The Early Years in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union Bertrand M. Renaud 1564. From Plan to Market: Patterns of Transition Martha de Melo, Cevdet Denizer, and Alan Gelb 1556. Workers in Transition Michal Rutkowski 1555. Capital Markets, Financial Intermediaries, and Corporate Governance: An Empirical Assessment of the Top Ten Voucher Funds in the Czech Republic Roland Egerer 1552. Unemployment Insurance and Duration of Unemployment: Evidence from Slovenia's Transition Milan Vodopivec 1530. Poverty, Inequality, and Social Policy in Transition Economies Branko Milanovic 1528. Developing Commercial Law in Transition Economies: Examples from Hungary and Russia Cheryl W. Gray and Kathryn Hendley 1516. Contractual Savings for Housing: How Suitable Are They for Transitional Economies? Michael J. Lea and Bertrand Renaud 1510. Hungary's Bankruptcy Experience, 1992–93 Cheryl Gray, Sabine Schlorke, and Miklos Szanyi 1509. Saving in Transition Economies: The Summary Report Patrick Conway 1502. Active Labor Market Policies in the OECD and in Selected Transition Economies Hartmut Lehmann 1495. Raising Household Energy Prices in Poland: Who Gains? Who Loses? Caroline L. Freund and Christine I Wallich 1490. Trade Reform Design as a Signal to Foreign Investors: Lessons for Economies in Transition Eric Bond, Steve Chiu, and Antonio Estache 1486. The Emerging Legal Framework for Private Sector Development in Viet Nam's Transitional Economy Pham van Thuyet 1481. Corporate Control in Central Europe and Russia: Should Banks Own Shares? Peter Dittus and Stephen Prowse 1480. Debt as a Control Device in Transitional Economies: The Experiences of Hungary and Poland Herbert L. Baer and Cheryl W. Gray 1477. Cities Without Land Markets: Location and Land Use in the Socialist City Alain Bertaud and Bertrand Renaud 1459. Pension Funds in Central Europe and Russia: Their Prospects and Potential Role in Corporate Governance Dimitri Vittas and Roland Michelitsch 1450. Social Safety Net and the Poor during the Transition: The Case of Bulgaria Fareed M. A. Hassan and R. Kyle Peters, Jr. 1449. Worker Displacement during the Transition: Experience from Slovenia Peter Orazem, Milan Vodopivec, and Ruth Wu 1441. The Significance of Credits and Subsidies in Russian Agricultural Reform Douglas Galbi 1440. Poverty and Social Transfers in Poland Christiaan Grootaert 1433. Enterprise Restructuring in Eastern Europe: How Much? How Fast? Where? Preliminary Evidence from Trade Data Bernard Hoekman and Gerhard Pohl 1427. Corporate Governance and Equity Prices: Evidence from the Czech and Slovak Republics Stijn Claessens 1426. Russian Unemployment: Its Magnitude, Characteristics, and Regional Dimensions Simon Commander and Ruslan Yemtsov 1423. The Role of Commercial Banks in Enterprise Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe Millard Long and Izabela Rutkowska 1422. Efficiency in Bulgaria's Schools: A Nonparametric Study Zeljko Bogetic and Sajal Chattophadyay 1421. Distribution of Income and the Income Tax Burden in Bulgaria Zeljko Bogetic and Fareed M. A. Hassan 1415. China's GDP in U.S. Dollars Based on Purchasing Power Parity Ren Ruoen and Chen Kai 1408. Macroeconomic Management and Intergovernmental Relations in China Jun Ma Return to Working Papers homepage.

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