The Economics of Transition

From Socialist Economy to Market Economy

Marie Lavigne (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

1995
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-333-52730-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Examines the transition to a market economy which is taking place in Eastern Europe and in the former Soviet Union. Economic stabilization is taking longer than expected, and the book outlines factors explaining the difficulties.

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This volume examines the transition to a market economy which is taking place in Eastern Europe and in the former Soviet Union. The historic basis of the socialist economic system is reviewed and the transition process analyzed. Stabilizing the economic situation and conducting systemic transformation has proved more difficult and is lasting longer than expected. Factors which explain these difficulties are outlined: legacies from the past; some external shocks; political and economic domestic factors; and the fact that no ready-made recipes or structural adjustment programmes are available. The impact of this unprecedented process on the Western developed world is also analyzed.

Inhalt

Part I The past - real socialism: the bases of the socialist economic system; history; the reforms - experiences and failures; the performance; international economic relations. Part II The present - transition in the making: the end of the system; macroeconomic stabilization; privatization and structural reforms; reintegrating the world economy; towards a theory of the transition.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.8.1995
• Zusatzinfo: further reading list, appendix, bibliography, index
• Verlagsort: Basingstoke
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 159 x 240 mm
• Gewicht: 641 g
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie
• ISBN-10: 0-333-52730-5 / 0333527305
• ISBN-13: 978-0-333-52730-6 / 9780333527306
• Zustand: Neuware