Journal of Comparative Economics

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Volume 26, issue 4, 1998

Introduction: Exchange Rates, Capital Flows, and Commercial Policies in Transition Economies pp. 613-620

Josef Brada

Macroeconomic Fragility and Exchange Rate Vulnerability: A Cautionary Record of Transition Economies pp. 621-641

Padma Desai

Exchange Rate Regimes and the Stability of Trade Policy in Transition Economies pp. 642-668

Zdenek Drabek and Josef Brada

Pegging Out: Lessons from the Czech Exchange Rate Crisis pp. 669-690

David Begg

Exchange Rate Policy in Transition Economies: The Case of Hungary pp. 691-717

György Szapáry and Zoltán Jakab

A Note on Initial Conditions and Liberalization during Transition pp. 718-734

Gary Krueger and Marek Ciolko

Quantifying Price Liberalization in Russia pp. 735-760

Daniel Berkowitz, David DeJong and Steven Husted

Foreign Direct Investment and Contract Enforcement pp. 761-782

Zhigang Tao and Susheng Wang

Trends and Inequalities of Rural Welfare in China: Evidence from Rural Households in Guangdong and Sichuan pp. 783-804

Tsui Kai-yuen

Static and Dynamic Productivity among Yugoslav Enterprises: Components and Correlates pp. 805-821

Gary Ferrier, Mark Klinedinst and Carl B. Linvill

Robert J. Barro, Determinants of Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Empirical Study pp. 822-824

Ross Levine

Makoto Kumazawa, Portraits of the Japanese Workplace: Labor Movements, Workers, and Managers. [Translated from Japanese into English by Andrew Gordon and Mikiso Hane.] pp. 825-828

Konosuke Odaka

Bertell Ollman, Ed., Market Socialism: The Debate Among Socialists pp. 829-832

James A. Yunker

Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order pp. 833-835

Jeffrey Miller

James Angresano,The Political Economy of Gunnar Myrdal: An Institutional Basis for the Transformation Problem.Cheltenham, UK: Elgar, 1997. xiii + 224 pp pp. 836-837

William Barber

Volume 26, issue 3, 1998

R&D Competition in a Mixed Duopoly under Uncertainty and Easy Imitation pp. 415-428

Joanna Poyago-Theotoky

Job Creation, Job Destruction, and Growth of Newly Established, Privatized, and State-Owned Enterprises in Transition Economies: Survey Evidence from Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania pp. 429-445

Valentijn Bilsen and Jozef Konings

Productive Efficiency during Transition: Evidence from Bulgarian Panel Data pp. 446-464

Derek Jones, Mark Klinedinst and Charles Rock

Ownership Structure and Determinants of Technical Efficiency: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis to Chinese Enterprises (1986-1990) pp. 465-484

Jinghai Zheng, Xiaoxuan Liu and Arne Bigsten

Employment and Wage Determination in China's Rural Industry: Investigation Using 1984-1990 Panel Data pp. 485-501

Xiao-yuan Dong

Factor Decomposition of Chinese Rural Income Inequality: New Methodology, Empirical Findings, and Policy Implications pp. 502-528

Tsui Kai-yuen

The Weather Factor and Variability in China's Grain Supply pp. 529-543

Colin Carter and Bin Zhang

Money Demand in China: A Disaggregate Approach pp. 544-564

Yingfeng Xu

William Lever and Antoine Bailly (Eds.), The Spatial Impact of Economic Changes in Europe: Studies of Science in Europe pp. 565-566

George Petrakos

Andreas Pickel and Helmut Wiesenthal, The Grand Experiment: Debating Shock Therapy, Transition Theory, and the East German Experience pp. 567-569

Phillip J. Bryson

Ronald W. Anderson, Erik Berglof, and Kalman Mizsei, Banking Sector Development in Central and Eastern Europe pp. 570-572

Anna Meyendorff

J. Mark Ramseyer and Frances M. Rosenbluth, The Politics of Oligarchy: Institutional Choice in Imperial Japan pp. 573-574

Ellen Comisso

Alex F. Dowlah and John E. Elliott, The Life and Times of Soviet Socialism pp. 575-576

Paul R. Gregory

Nicholas Crafts and Gianni Toniolo (Eds.), Economic Growth in Europe since 1945 pp. 577-579

Jeff Frank

Manuel H. Johnson and Robert E. Keleher, Monetary Policy, a Market Price Approach pp. 580-582

Pierre Siklos

S. Togan and V. N. Balasubramanyam (Eds.), The Economy of Turkey since Liberalization pp. 583-586

Ali Kutan

Stephen Fortescue, Policy-Making for Russian Industry pp. 587-588

Holland Hunter

Barry Eichengreen, Globalizing Capital: A History of the International Monetary System pp. 589-591

Dominick Salvatore

Martin Myant, Frank Fleischer, Kurt Hornschild, Ruzena Vintrova, Karel Zeman, and Zdenek Soucek, Successful Transformations? The Creation of Market Economies in Eastern Germany and the Czech Republic pp. 592-594

Franz-Lothar Altmann

Clifford G. Gaddy, The Price of the Past: Russia's Struggle with the Legacy of a Militarized Economy pp. 595-596

Gregory Grossman

Ronald I. McKinnon and Kenichi Ohno, Dollar and Yen: Resolving Economic Conflict between the United States and Japan pp. 597-599

Marcus Noland

Derek C. Jones and Jeffrey Miller (Eds.), The Bulgarian Economy: Lessons from Reform during Early Transition pp. 600-602

Rumen Dobrinsky

Christine P. W. Wong (Ed.), Financing Local Government in the People's Republic of China pp. 603-605

Albert Park

Lewis W. Snider, Growth, Debt, and Politics: Economic Adjustment and the Political Performance of Developing Countries pp. 606-609

Giulio Gallarotti

Olivier Blanchard, The Economics of Post-Communist Transition pp. 610-611

Simon Johnson

Volume 26, issue 2, 1998

The Income of Socialist Upper Classes during the Transition to Capitalism: Evidence from Longitudinal East German Data pp. 211-225

Edward J. Bird, Joachim Frick and Gert Wagner

Business Cycle in Czechoslovakia under Central Planning: Were Credit Shocks Causing It? pp. 226-245

Ales Bulir

The Wage Differential between Nonprofit Institutions and Corporations: Getting More by Paying Less? pp. 246-261

Femida Handy and Eliakim Katz

Does Ownership Always Matter?--Evidence from the Indian Banking Industry pp. 262-281

Jayati Sarkar, Subrata Sarkar and Sumon Bhaumik

Bank Efficiency in Croatia: A Stochastic-Frontier Analysis pp. 282-300

Evan Kraft and Dogan Tirtiroglu

Ownership Structure, Lending Bias, and Liquidity Constraints: Evidence from Shanghai's Manufacturing Sector pp. 301-316

Clement Kong Wing Chow and Michael Ka Yiu Fung

Shares versus Residual Claimant Contracts: The Case of Chinese TVEs pp. 317-337

Cheng Hsiao, Jeffrey Nugent, Isabelle Perrigne and Jicheng Qiu

Transient Poverty in Postreform Rural China pp. 338-357

Jyotsna Jalan and Martin Ravallion

Tariff Reduction, Tax Replacement, and Implications for Income Distribution in China pp. 358-387

Zhi Wang and Fan Zhai

Dallago Bruno and Mittone Luigi (Eds.), Economic Institutions, Markets and Competition: Centralization and Decentralization in the Transformation of Economic Systems pp. 388-390

Jeffrey Miller

Bijit Bora and Christopher Findlay (Eds.), Regional Integration and the Asia-Pacific pp. 391-392

H. Peter Gray

Manabendu Chattopadhyay, Praditp Maiti, and Mihir Rakshit (Eds.), Planning and Economic Policy in India: Evaluation and Lessons for the Future pp. 393-394

Ira Gang

Jang-Sup Shin, The Economics of the Latecomers: Catching-Up, Technology Transfer and Institutions in Germany, Japan and South Korea pp. 395-397

Youn-Suk Kim

Peter Nolan, China's Rise, Russia's Fall: Politics, Economics & Planning in Transition from Stalinism pp. 398-400

Marie Levigne

David Wall, Jiang Boke, and Yin Xiangshuo, China's Opening Door pp. 401-404

Clifford D. Clark

Fidelis Ezeala-Harrison, Economic Development: Theory and Policy Applications pp. 405-406

Janice E. Weaver

Stephen Davies and Bruce Lyons, Industrial Organization in the European Union: Structure, Strategy, and the Competitive Mechanism pp. 407-409

Stephen H. Karlson

Kazimierz Z. Poznanski (Ed.), The Evolutionary Transition to Capitalism pp. 410-413

Joachim Ahrens

Volume 26, issue 1, 1998

The "Transition" in Comparative Economics pp. 1-8

John P. Bonin

The Soft Budget Constraint and Transition Economies pp. 9-10

Chong-En Bai

The Concept of the Soft Budget Constraint Syndrome in Economic Theory pp. 11-17

János Kornai

Soft Budget Constraints and Banking in Transition Economies pp. 18-40

Erik Berglof and Gérard Roland

Bureaucratic Control and the Soft Budget Constraint pp. 41-61

Chong-En Bai and Yijiang Wang

Soft Budget Constraint and the Optimal Choices of Research and Development Projects Financing pp. 62-79

Haizhou Huang and Chenggang Xu

Do Firms in Transition Economies Have Soft Budget Constraints? A Reconsideration of Concepts and Evidence pp. 80-103

Mark Schaffer

Causes of the Soft Budget Constraint: Evidence on Three Explanations pp. 104-116

David D. Li and Minsong Liang

Balanced or Unbalanced Development: Special Economic Zones as Catalysts for Transition pp. 117-141

John M. Litwack and Yingyi Qian

A Contribution to the Theory of Price Regulations and Commodity Bundling with an Application to the Case of China pp. 142-149

Richard S. Johnston and Zhengkun Zhang

The Macroeconomic Effects of Waiting Workers in the Chinese Economy pp. 150-164

Xiangkang Yin

The Equilibrium Exchange Rate of the Chinese Renminbi pp. 165-174

W. L. Chou and Y. C. Shih

Estimating Investment Functions Based on Cointegration: The Case of China pp. 175-191

Laixiang Sun

David Hackett-Fischer, The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History pp. 192-195

Edward Ames

Marco Orru, Nicole Woolsey Biggart, and Gary G. Hamilton, The Economic Organization of East Asian Capitalism pp. 196-200

Jan Prybyla

Yegor Gaidar and Karl Otto Pohl, Russian Reform/International Money pp. 201-203

Bruno Dallago

Dali Yang, Calamity and Reform in China pp. 204-206

Guanzhong James Wen