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- catalog abstract ""Employing historical analysis and building on growth theory and modern political economy, Dillon and Wykoff explain Soviet disintegration and analyze efforts to create capitalism in newly independent states. They show how five fundamental economic reforms generate growth, and use an original model to test the connections between reform, elections and economic performance." "The authors examine the progress of six countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Russia and Slovakia) in terms of each country's history and its successful application of the five reforms. Anyone interested in how capitalism works and why pro-market reforms encounter resistance in spite of their potential for generating higher living standards will find this book essential reading."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12673397.
- catalog contributor b12673398.
- catalog coverage "Europe Economic conditions 1945-".
- catalog coverage "Europe, Eastern Economic conditions 1989-".
- catalog coverage "Former Soviet republics Economic conditions.".
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""Employing historical analysis and building on growth theory and modern political economy, Dillon and Wykoff explain Soviet disintegration and analyze efforts to create capitalism in newly independent states. They show how five fundamental economic reforms generate growth, and use an original model to test the connections between reform, elections and economic performance."".
- catalog description ""The authors examine the progress of six countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Russia and Slovakia) in terms of each country's history and its successful application of the five reforms. Anyone interested in how capitalism works and why pro-market reforms encounter resistance in spite of their potential for generating higher living standards will find this book essential reading."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p.305-321) and index.".
- catalog description "Theoretical Foundations -- The withering away of communism -- The end of an idea -- Economic analysis of institutional change -- The book's objectives: from models to reality -- Two historic views of the industrial revolution -- Lessons from the collapse of the Soviet Union -- The new world order -- The political economy of reform -- New political and economic challenges -- Political impediments to economic reform -- Transition to what? -- Problems in political economy -- Why private markets work -- Why these reforms? -- Price liberalization -- Property privatization -- Macroeconomic stabilization -- Industry restructuring and deregulation -- Trade liberalization -- An active role for government -- Failure: markets versus plans -- Growth models for assessing reforms -- Reforms lead to growth -- Growth modelling: description, purposes and limitations -- The structure of growth models -- The workings and outcomes of growth models -- Saving: the essential ingredient -- How each reform promotes growth -- The economic channels of reform -- Price liberalization -- Property privatization -- Macroeconomic stabilization -- Industry restructuring and deregulation -- Trade liberalization -- Summary: reforms and growth -- Challenges facing reformers -- Why a political model is important -- Interaction of political and economic systems -- A model of elections and politics -- Common problems facing reformers -- Unique local conditions -- Country Chapters -- Bulgaria: impatient but indecisive -- History before communism.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 328 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Creating capitalism.".
- catalog identifier "1840647337".
- catalog isFormatOf "Creating capitalism.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Northampton, Ma. : Edward Elgar Pub.,".
- catalog relation "Creating capitalism.".
- catalog spatial "Europe Economic conditions 1945-".
- catalog spatial "Europe, Eastern Economic conditions 1989-".
- catalog spatial "Europe, Eastern.".
- catalog spatial "Former Soviet republics Economic conditions.".
- catalog spatial "Former Soviet republics.".
- catalog subject "338.947 21".
- catalog subject "Capitalism Europe, Eastern.".
- catalog subject "Capitalism Former Soviet republics.".
- catalog subject "HC244 .D5 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "Theoretical Foundations -- The withering away of communism -- The end of an idea -- Economic analysis of institutional change -- The book's objectives: from models to reality -- Two historic views of the industrial revolution -- Lessons from the collapse of the Soviet Union -- The new world order -- The political economy of reform -- New political and economic challenges -- Political impediments to economic reform -- Transition to what? -- Problems in political economy -- Why private markets work -- Why these reforms? -- Price liberalization -- Property privatization -- Macroeconomic stabilization -- Industry restructuring and deregulation -- Trade liberalization -- An active role for government -- Failure: markets versus plans -- Growth models for assessing reforms -- Reforms lead to growth -- Growth modelling: description, purposes and limitations -- The structure of growth models -- The workings and outcomes of growth models -- Saving: the essential ingredient -- How each reform promotes growth -- The economic channels of reform -- Price liberalization -- Property privatization -- Macroeconomic stabilization -- Industry restructuring and deregulation -- Trade liberalization -- Summary: reforms and growth -- Challenges facing reformers -- Why a political model is important -- Interaction of political and economic systems -- A model of elections and politics -- Common problems facing reformers -- Unique local conditions -- Country Chapters -- Bulgaria: impatient but indecisive -- History before communism.".
- catalog title "Creating capitalism : transitions and growth in post Soviet Europe / Patricia Dillon, Frank C. Wykoff.".
- catalog type "text".