Economic Transition in Central and Eastern Europe

Informationen zum Autor Daniel Gros is the Director of the Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels and is presently a member of the economic advisory council of the French Prime Minister. His major publications include Open Issues in European Central Banking (2000), EMU and Capital Markets (2000), European Monetary Integration, from the EMS to EMU (1992, 1998) and precursor to this volume, Winds of Change: Economic Transition in Central and Eastern Europe (1995) which he co-authored. Professor Alfred Steinherr is Rector at the Free University of Bolzano, Italy and Chief Economist of the European Investment Bank. His previous positions include Head of Research at the European Investment Bank, Economic Adviser to the European Commission and Adviser to the International Monetary Fund. He is author of Derivatives: The Wild Beast of Finance (2000) and is joint author of Winds of Change: Economic Transition in Central and Eastern Europe (1995). Klappentext Economic analysis of the process of transition to market economies in Central and Eastern Europe. Zusammenfassung Analysing the problems facing transition countries in Central and Eastern Europe! this book describes the legacy of the central planners and the need for radical reforms. It documents the successes and failures! and indicates how the EU could help the poor performers through inclusion in a continent-wide integrated economic area. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. The Rise and Decline of Communism: An Overview: 1. From pre-war Russia to the fall of Communism; 2. The obsession with growth; Part II. Transition: 1990-2000: 3. Transition: the job; 4. Transition: ten years later; 5. Transition: unfinished business; Part III: Extreme Cases for Reform: Scope for Disagreements: 6. German unification: an example of big-bang reform; 7. The disintegration of the Soviet Union; 8. Russia: after a lost decade Phoenix rises from the ashes?; Part IV. The New Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals: 9. Eastern enlargement; 10. Saving the Balkans; 11. The outlook; Bibliography....

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Gros, Alfred Steinherr, Steinherr Alfred
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2004
• EAN: 9780521533799
• ISBN: 978-0-521-53379-9
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 246 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Eastern Europe, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Central Europe, Economic systems and structures, Economic systems & structures, Regional / International studies, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies