Market Economies of the Western Balkans Compared to the Central and Eastern European Model of Capitalism

Beata Farkas ()
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Beata Farkas: The Institute of Finance and International Economic Relations, University of Szeged, Hungary

Croatian Economic Survey, 2017, vol. 19, issue 1, 5-36

Abstract: Using the Central and Eastern European model of capitalism, this paper compares the market economies of the Western Balkan countries to the post-socialist European Union member states. It analyzes the main institutional areas of a socio-economic system such as product markets, innovation system, financial system, labor market and industrial relations, social protection and the educational system. The comparison of institutional systems does not provide an unambiguous answer to the question of whether the Western Balkan market economies fit into the model. There are many similarities between the institutional arrangements of the two regions, and the differences seem to be a consequence of delayed reforms rather than of an alternative model. However, the question of whether the current differences will be institutionalized or whether they will create a new normality—a new, distinct model of capitalism—remains open.

Keywords: Central and Eastern European model of capitalism; economic transformation; Western Balkans; institutional comparison (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: P16 P30 P52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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