Comparative Economic Studies

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Volume 50, issue 4, 2008

13th Dubrovnik Economic Conference Symposium pp. 535-536

Paul Wachtel and Boris Vujcic

Bank Regulations are Changing: For Better or Worse&quest pp. 537-563

James Barth, Gerard Caprio and Ross Levine

Lessons from Financial Liberalisation in Scandinavia pp. 564-598

Lars Jonung

Are Weak Banks Leading Credit Booms? Evidence from Emerging Europe pp. 599-619

Natalia Tamirisa and Deniz Igan

Central Bank Institutional Structure and Effective Central Banking: Cross-Country Empirical Evidence pp. 620-645

Iftekhar Hasan and Loretta Mester

The Impact of the USD/EUR Exchange Rate on Inflation in the Central and East European Countries pp. 646-662

Ljubinko Jankov, Ivo Krznar, Davor Kunovac and Maroje Lang

From Illyria towards Capitalism: Did Labour-Management Theory Teach Us Anything about Yugoslavia and Transition in Its Successor States&quest pp. 663-696

Saul Estrin and Milica Uvalic

The Piratisation of Russia: Russian Reform Goes Awry pp. 697-700

Nicholas W Balabkins

Performance and Strategies of Banks in Transition Economies pp. 701-702

Wojciech J Florkowski

External Liberalization in Asia, Post-Socialist Europe, and Brazil pp. 703-706

Slavi Slavov

Institutions, Development and Economic Growth pp. 707-709

John Marangos

Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity pp. 710-712

Frederic L Pryor

The Russian Economy: From Lenin to Putin pp. 713-716

Richard E Ericson

The Challenges of Sustained Development: The Role of Socio-Cultural Factors in East-Central Europe pp. 717-718

Mark Klinedinst

The Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurship pp. 719-721

Marc Dollinger

Famine in North Korea. Markets, Aid, and Reform pp. 722-724

Paul Kuznets

Inequality, Cooperation and Environmental Sustainability pp. 725-726

Roy Gardner

Volume 50, issue 3, 2008

Reforming China's SOEs: An Overview pp. 353-380

Weiye Li and Louis Putterman

Information Sharing in Credit Markets: Incentives for Incorrect Information Reporting pp. 381-415

Maria Semenova

Introduction to the Symposium: Inflation Targeting in Emerging Economies: Prerequisites, Policies and Outcomes pp. 416-420

David Kemme

Inflation Targeting in Armenia: Monetary Policy in Transition pp. 421-437

King Banaian, David Kemme and Grigor Sargsyan

Advancing Inflation Targeting in Central Europe: Strategies, Policy Rules and Empirical Evidence pp. 438-459

Lucjan Orlowski

Inflation Targeting, Policy Rates and Exchange Rate Volatility: Evidence from Turkey pp. 460-493

Cem Akyurek and Ali Kutan

Credibility of Inflation Targets in Poland pp. 494-510

Wojciech S Maliszewski

From Rhetorics to Practice in Monetary Policy: A Romanian Perspective pp. 511-534

Daniela Gabor

Volume 50, issue 2, 2008

Egon Neuberger: In Memoriam pp. 165-166

Avner Ben-Ner and Estelle James

How Has China's Economic Emergence Contributed to the Field of Economics? pp. 167-209

Gary Jefferson

Risk, Regulation and Competition in Banking and Finance in Transition Economies pp. 210-216

David Kemme, Koen Schoors and Rudi Vander Vennet

Inside the Credit Boom: Competition, Segmentation and Information – Evidence from the Serbian Credit Market pp. 217-252

Jasna Dimitrijevic and Boris Najman

Banking Competition and Efficiency: A Micro-Data Analysis on the Czech Banking Industry pp. 253-273

Anca Pruteanu-Podpiera, Laurent Weill and Franziska Schobert

The Search for Value: Cross-border Bank M&A in Emerging Markets pp. 274-296

Jonathan Williams and Angel Liao

The Sequence of Bank Liberalisation: Financial Repression versus Capital Requirements in Russia pp. 297-317

Sophie Claeys, Koen Schoors and Rudi Vandervennet

Trade Liberalisation and Employment Effects in Ukraine pp. 318-340

Atanas Christev, Olga Kupets and Hartmut Lehmann

The S-Curve in Emerging Markets pp. 341-351

Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee, Ali Kutan and Artatrana Ratha

Volume 50, issue 1, 2008

China's Agricultural Crisis and Famine of 1959–1961: A Survey and Comparison to Soviet Famines pp. 1-29

Dennis Yang

The Economies of Central Asia: A Survey pp. 30-52

Martin C Spechler

Growth Recovery in CIS Countries: The Sufficient Minimum Threshold of Reforms pp. 53-78

Oleh Havrylyshyn

Old Capital vs. New Investment in Post-Soviet Economies: Conceptual Issues and Estimates pp. 79-110

Alexei Izyumov and John Vahaly

Vietnam's Lesson for China: An Examination of the Sachs–Woo Hypothesis pp. 111-157

Nazrul Islam

Decentralization and Local Governance in Developing Countries: A Comparative Perspective pp. 158-160

Zuzana Brixiová Schwidrowski

The Future of Europe: Reform or Decline pp. 161-163

Dimitri Papadimitriou

Volume 49, issue 4, 2007

Memoriam pp. 491-492

Michael Marrese, Jan Vanous and Richard E Ericson

Introduction to the Symposium pp. 493-494

Jeffrey Miller

The Illusion of Westernisation in Russia and China pp. 495-513

Steven Rosefielde

Fiscal Centralisation and Decentralisation in Russia and China pp. 514-542

Elliott Parker and Judith Thornton

On the Role of Government in Transition: The Experiences of China and Russia Compared pp. 543-571

Jeffrey Miller and Stoyan Tenev

The Challenges of Governance Structure, Trade Disputes and Natural Environment to China's Growth pp. 572-602

Wing Woo

Comments on Rosefielde, Parker/Thornton and Woo pp. 603-608

John P Bonin

Measuring the Non-observed Economy in a Transition Economy: The Case of Bosnia–Herzegovina pp. 609-631

Roberto Dell'Anno and Marje Piirisild

Black Market Exchange Rate versus the Official Rate in Testing the PPP: An Application of a Non-Linear Test pp. 632-641

Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee and Altin Tanku

Compounded Effects of External Crises on GDP Growth pp. 642-659

Martin Melecký

A Development Club and Groupings in Europe, and Growth Strategies pp. 660-682

Marjan Senjur

The Rise of the Transaction Sector in the Bulgarian Economy pp. 683-698

George Chobanov and Henrik Egbert

The Political Future of Social Security in Aging Societies pp. 699-701

James Angresano

Divergent Paths in Post-Communist Transformation. Capitalism for All or Capitalism for the Few? pp. 702-705

Martin C Spechler

Latin America's Political Economy of the PossibleVanishing Growth in Latin America: The Late Twentieth Century Experience pp. 706-708

Thomas E Schweigert

The Successes and Failures of Economic Transition: The European Experience pp. 709-711

Robert R Ebert

Volume 49, issue 3, 2007

12th Dubrovnik Economic Conference Symposium pp. 337-338

Paul Wachtel and Boris Vujcic

Asset Prices, Globalisation, and Implications for Monetary Policy pp. 339-344

Mario I Blejer

The Boom in Household Lending in Transition Countries: A Croatian Case Study and a Cross-Country Analysis of Determinants pp. 345-366

Evan Kraft

Determinants of House Prices in Central and Eastern Europe pp. 367-388

Balázs Égert and Dubravko Mihaljek

The Euro and Cross-Border Banking: Evidence from Bilateral Data pp. 389-410

Sven Blank and Claudia Buch

Risk Taking by Banks in the Transition Countries pp. 411-429

Rainer Haselmann and Paul Wachtel

Foreign Direct Investment and Export Performance: Empirical Evidence pp. 430-445

Ali Kutan and Goran Vukšić

Electoral Fiscal Policy in New, Old, and Fragile Democracies pp. 446-466

Adi Brender and Allan Drazen

The Central Asian Economies Since Independence pp. 467-469

Joachim Ahrens

Foreign Direct Investment. Six Country Case Studies pp. 470-472

Renáta Kosová

Confronting Income Inequality in Japan: A Comparative Analysis of Causes, Consequences, and Reform pp. 473-475

Gregory J Kasza

The Institutional Economics of Russia's Transformation pp. 476-479

Michael Alexeev

Economic Reform in China and India pp. 480-481

Subir Chakrabarti

Understanding Institutional Diversity pp. 482-484

Mieke Meurs

The State After Statism: New State Activities in the Age of Liberalization pp. 485-486

Zdenek Drabek

Multinational Firms in the World Economy pp. 487-489

Jeffrey A Hart

Volume 49, issue 2, 2007

Market-Based Fiscal Discipline Under Evolving Decentralisation: The Case of Russian Regions pp. 177-200

Andrey Timofeev

Private-Sector Credit in Central and Eastern Europe: New (Over)Shooting Stars? pp. 201-231

Balázs Égert, Peter Backé and Tina Zumer

Trade Specialisation Dynamics in Russia pp. 232-258

Bernardina Algieri

Filling the Gap – An International Comparison of the Cyclical Adjustment of Budget Balances pp. 259-284

Gabor Kiss and Gabor Vadas

Contract Farming in China: Perspectives of Farm Households and Agribusiness Firms pp. 285-312

Hongdong Guo, Robert W Jolly and Jianhua Zhu

Evolution of the Economic System in Japan pp. 313-316

Hiroyuki Imai

The Eastern Enlargement of the Eurozone pp. 317-319

Jacek Cukrowki

Laws and Customs: Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Gender During Economic Transition pp. 320-321

John B Hall

Global Capital Markets: Integration, Crisis and Growth pp. 322-323

Patrick Conway

Economic Geography and Public Policy pp. 324-325

Francois K Doamekpor

The New Geography of Global Income Inequality pp. 326-329

Kathryn Anderson

The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth pp. 330-332

Fred Pryor

Living Standards and the Wealth of Nations: Successes and Failures in Real Convergence pp. 333-335

Paul Wachtel

Volume 49, issue 1, 2007

Shock Therapy versus Gradualism Reconsidered: Lessons from Transition Economies after 15 Years of Reforms1 pp. 1-31

Vladimir Popov

Was Shock Therapy Consistent with the Washington Consensus? pp. 32-58

John Marangos

Shock Therapy and the Washington Consensus: A Comment pp. 59-60

John Williamson

Determinants of Employment Growth at MNEs: Evidence from Egypt, India, South Africa and Vietnam pp. 61-80

Sumon Bhaumik, Saul Estrin and Klaus Meyer

Changing Preschool Enrolments in Post-Socialist Central Asia: Causes and Implications pp. 81-100

Lisa Giddings, Mieke Meurs and Tilahun Temesgen

Is there a Gap in Bank Efficiency between CEE and Western European Countries? pp. 101-127

Laurent Weill

What Drives Gender Differences in Unemployment? pp. 128-155

Jana Stefanová Lauerová and Katherine Terrell

The Polish Miracle. Lessons for the Emerging Markets pp. 156-160

Fyodor Kushnirsky

Size, Causes and Consequences of the Underground Economy: An International Perspective pp. 161-163

Richard Lotspeich

The Social Construction of Free Trade: The European Union, NAFTA and MERCOSUR pp. 164-166

Thomas E Schweigert

How we Compete: What Companies around the World are doing to make it in today's Global Economy pp. 167-169

Robert R Ebert

Nation States and the Multinational Corporation pp. 170-171

Gregory Brock

Emerging Capital Markets in Turmoil: Bad Luck or Bad Policy? pp. 172-175

Slavi Slavov