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Most post-communist economies are characterized by an initial collapse in aggregate output. Blanchard and Kremer (1997) and Roland and Verdier (1997) have recently modelled supply side distortions, disorganization in the links of production, that can lead to a short-term output contraction after market liberalisation and a recovery thereafter. This paper is the first to illustrate and test the effects of disorganization in the transition process by using a unique data set of 300 Ukrainian firms. Our results show that for firms that existed under central planning disorganization constrains employment and productivity growth during the transition process to a market economy. In contrast, disorganization plays no role in the determination of employment and productivity growth in newly established private firms.

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Paper provided by LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KU Leuven in its series LICOS Discussion Papers with number 7198.

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Length: 30 pages
Date of creation: 01 May 1998
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Handle: RePEc:lic:licosd:7198

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Keywords: disorganization; transition process; de novo firms;

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• P0 - Economic Systems - - General
• O0 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - General
• D0 - Microeconomics - - General

This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

• NEP-ALL-2003-10-20 (All new papers)
• NEP-CIS-2003-10-20 (Confederation of Independent States)
• NEP-ENT-2003-10-20 (Entrepreneurship)
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1. Patrick Paul Walsh & Peter McGoldrick, 2005. "Estimating Productivity Dynamics During Institutional Change: An Application To Chinese State Owned Enterprises 1980-1994," Trinity Economics Papers tep14, Trinity College Dublin, Department of Economics.
   
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2. Dalia Marin & Monika Schnitzer, 2000. "Disorganization and Financial Collapse," CESifo Working Paper Series 339, CESifo Group Munich.
   
   • Marin, Dalia & Schnitzer, Monika, 2005. "Disorganization and financial collapse," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 49(2), pages 387-408, February.
   • Dalia Marin & Monika Schnitzer, 1999. "Disorganization and Financial Collapse," William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series 285, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan.
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4. Konings, Joep & Walsh, P, 1999. "Employment dynamics of newly established and traditional firms: A comparison of Russia and the Ukraine," Open Access publications from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven urn:hdl:123456789/103608, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
   
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5. Gorodnichenko, Yuriy & Grygorenko, Yegor, 2008. "Are oligarchs productive? Theory and evidence," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 36(1), pages 17-42, March.
   
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