Title: Economics of transition : structural adjustments and growth prospects in Eastern Europe /
Authors: Knell, Mark, 1956-
Publisher: E. Elgar,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Structural adjustment (Economic policy) Europe, Eastern.; Europe, Eastern Economic policy
Abstract: Bringing together different perspectives on structural adjustments and the prospect for sustainable economic growth in Eastern Europe, Economics of Transition represents a shift in scholarly emphasis away from issues of stabilization and liberalization in favour of longer-term considerations. This major volume features a distinguished collection of papers focusing on the theoretical and policy implications of transition and change in Eastern Europe. Drawing on work from a wide range of traditions, the papers in this volume examine issues including how effective demand induces growth, how diffusion takes place, how economic policy influences incentives, motivations and behaviours, how institutions influence organization and technological capability building, and how institutions both constrain and guide economic policy.
Contents: 1. Structural Adjustments and Growth: Is Eastern Europe Catching Up? / Mark Knell -- 2. Stabilization and Prospects for Sustainable Growth in the Transition Economies / Peter Havlik -- 3. Economics of Transition: Some Gaps and Illusions / Alec Nove -- 4. Macroeconomic Collapse During Systemic Change / J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. and Marina Vcherashnaya Rosser -- 5. An Alternative Economic Policy for Central and Eastern Europe / Kazimierz Laski -- 6. Patterns of Economic Transition and Structural Adjustments / Amit Bhaduri -- 7. Balance-of-Payments Constrained Growth in Central and Eastern Europe / Michael Landesmann and Josef Poschl -- 8. Growth Consequences of Systemic Transformation / Vladimir Gligorov and Niclas Sundstrom -- 9. Prospects of Building Science and Technology Capabilities in Central and Eastern Europe / Slavo Radosevic.