Two Roads Diverge - The Transition Experience of Poland and Ukraine

Informationen zum Autor Christopher A. Hartwell is a leading scholar on the evolution of institutions and President of the Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE) in Poland. He is also an Associate Professor at Kozminski University, Warsaw. He has published in prestigious journals such as the Journal for Common Market Studies, Economic Systems, Open Economies Review, Post-Communist Economies, and Business Horizons. In addition to his academic work, he has advised governments and the private sector on economic policy issues in Poland, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Bosnia and Kosovo, among others. He holds a PhD in Economics from the Warsaw School of Economics and a Master's in Public Policy from Harvard University, Massachusetts. Klappentext This book compares the economic outcomes of Poland and Ukraine by focusing on political and economic institutions. Zusammenfassung This book compares the performance of Ukraine and Poland over the past twenty-five years by looking deep into their shared past. This historical examination reveals how the evolution of crucial institutions! such as property rights and trade! can be used to explain the current economic divergence between Ukraine and Poland. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. A brief institutional history of Central Europe I: Poland and its political institutions to 1989; 3. A brief institutional history of Central Europe II: Poland and its economic institutions to 1989; 4. A brief institutional history of Eastern Europe: Ukraine and its institutions to 1989; 5. The transition of Poland and Ukraine: two roads diverge; 6. Conclusion - the why of divergence.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Hartwell, Christopher A. Hartwell, Hartwell Christopher A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9781107530980
• ISBN: 978-1-107-53098-0
• No. of pages: 528
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Ukraine, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, Poland, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, economic growth, International Economics, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies