Title: Does democracy facilitate the economic transition?
First published: 1999
Description: Empirical analysis shows that democracy has facilitated economic liberalization in 25 postcommunist countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.  The existence of a vibrant civil society at the start of the transition has the most explanatory power in this team's regression.
Subjects: Civil society, Congresses, Democracy, Economic aspects, Economic aspects of Post-communism, Economic conditions, Post-communism, Statistics
Places: Eastern Europe, Former Soviet republics
Time periods: 1989-, 1991-
LC classification: HG3881.5.W57 P63 no.2194, HC244 P63 no.2194