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July 2011, Volume 19, Issue 3
- 407-441 Public ownership of banks and economic growth
by Tobias Körner & Isabel Schnabel - 443-472 Profitability of foreign banks in Central and Eastern Europe
by Olena Havrylchyk & Emilia Jurzyk - 473-494 Accounting for heterogeneity in cross‐country bank efficiency comparisons
by Marko Košak & Jelena Zorić - 495-520 Bank efficiency in South‐Eastern Europe
by Yiwei Fang & Iftekhar Hasan & Katherin Marton - 521-540 Confidence in formal institutions and reliance on informal institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina
by Adnan Efendic & Geoff Pugh & Nick Adnett - 541-561 Wage and employment effects of a wage norm
by Alain de Crombrugghe & Gregory de Walque - 563-610 Roma employment in Hungary after the post‐communist transition
by Gábor Kertesi & Gábor Kézdi - 611-637 The demand for skills and labour costs in partner countries
by Alessia Lo Turco & Aleksandra Parteka
April 2011, Volume 19, Issue 2
- 201-230 Politics and privatization in Central and Eastern Europe
by Christian Bjørnskov & Niklas Potrafke - 231-254 Political connections and trade expansion
by Yi Lu - 255-285 Does WTO accession matter for the dynamics of foreign direct investment and trade?
by Pham Thi Hong Hanh - 287-304 Trade‐led growth hypothesis in Cuban commercial regimes since 1960
by David Matesanz Gómez & Guadalupe Fugarolas Álvarez‐Ude & Isis Mañalich Gálvez - 305-331 Spatial effects of open borders on the Czech labour market
by Michael Moritz - 333-369 When does transition increase the gender wage gap?
by Francesco Pastore & Alina Verashchagina - 371-395 Foreign ownership wage premia in emerging economies
by Tor Eriksson & Mariola Pytlikova
January 2011, Volume 19, Issue 1
- 1-25 The real effect of financial crises in the European transition economies
by Davide Furceri & Aleksandra Zdzienicka - 27-78 Entrepreneurship in post‐conflict transition
by Asli Demirgüc‐Kunt & Leora F. Klapper & Georgios A. Panos - 79-124 The driving forces behind China’s growth
by Maria Jesus Herrerias & Vicente Orts - 125-149 Learning by investing
by Jan Hanousek & Evžen Kočenda - 151-177 School competition and the quality of education: introducing market incentives into public services
by Grażyna Bukowska & Joanna Siwińska‐Gorzelak - 179-199 Earnings inequality and the informal economy
by Gorana Krstić & Peter Sanfey
October 2010, Volume 18, Issue 4
- 629-670 Innovation and dynamism
by János Kornai - 671-696 Determinants of cross‐border bank acquisitions in transition economies
by Tigran Poghosyan & Jakob De Haan - 697-714 The effect of inflation on growth
by Max Gillman & Mark N. Harris - 715-739 Young children and women's labour force participation in Russia, 1992–2004
by Louise Grogan & Katerina Koka - 741-761 Location factors of FDI and the growing services economy
by Aleksandra Riedl - 763-794 The determinants of service exports from Central and Eastern Europe
by Ivan T. Kandilov & Thomas Grennes
July 2010, Volume 18, Issue 3
- 429-457 The effects of company taxation in EU accession countries on German FDI1
by Michael Overesch & Georg Wamser - 459-485 Industrial labour productivities and tariffs in South Africa
by Torfinn Harding & Jørn Rattsø - 487-511 FDI spillovers in new EU member states
by Marcella Nicolini & Laura Resmini - 513-538 Wages, participation and unemployment in the economic transition of urban China1
by Jun Han & Junsen Zhang - 539-570 Soaring dragons, roaring tigers, growling bears
by Oleg Badunenko & Kiril Tochkov - 571-598 Foreign bank entry, bank efficiency and market power in Central and Eastern European Countries1
by Tigran Poghosyan & Arsen Poghosyan - 599-628 Real exchange rates in emerging economies
by Jan Brůha & Jiří Podpiera
April 2010, Volume 18, Issue 2
- 245-248 Introduction
by Sergei Guriev - 249-280 What do Russians think about transition?1
by Irina Denisova & Markus Eller & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya - 281-331 Death and prices
by Daniel Treisman - 333-363 Adult mortality in Russia
by Irina Denisova - 365-404 Does labour supply respond to a flat tax?
by Denvil Duncan & Klara Sabirianova Peter - 405-427 Intergovernmental grants in Russia
by Elena Jarocińska
January 2010, Volume 18, Issue 1
- 1-26 The emerging aversion to inequality
by Irena Grosfeld & Claudia Senik - 27-58 Anatomy of Russia’s market segmentation1
by Konstantin Gluschenko - 59-90 Democracy vs. dictatorship
by Marc Schiffbauer & Ling Shen - 91-122 Tariffs, market conduct and government commitment
by Delia Baghdasaryan & Krešimir Žigić - 123-141 An almost‐too‐late warning mechanism for currency crises1
by Jesús Crespo Cuaresma & Tomas Slacik - 143-182 FDI spillovers in the Chinese manufacturing sector
by Filip Abraham & Jozef Konings & Veerle Slootmaekers - 183-208 Returns to basic skills in central and eastern Europe
by Kevin Denny & Orla Doyle - 209-244 Are private banks more efficient than public banks?
by Alexei Karas & Koen Schoors & Laurent Weill
October 2009, Volume 17, Issue 4
- 625-628 Introduction
by Nicola Fuchs‐Schündeln - 629-659 The East German wage structure after transition1
by Robert Orlowski & Regina T. Riphahn - 661-702 Active labour market policy in East Germany
by Michael Lechner & Conny Wunsch - 703-738 Who stays, who goes, who returns?
by Nicola Fuchs‐Schündeln & Matthias Schündeln - 739-767 The role of social networks in determining migration and labour market outcomes
by Helmut Rainer & Thomas Siedler - 769-802 How does entry regulation influence entry into self‐employment and occupational mobility?1
by Susanne Prantl & Alexandra Spitz‐Oener
July 2009, Volume 17, Issue 3
- 411-438 Oligarchs, political regime changes, and firm valuation1
by Benjamin Maury & Eva Liljeblom - 439-466 Non‐linear finance–growth nexus
by Ho‐Chuan Huang & Shu‐Chin Lin - 467-501 Structure and performance of the service sector in transition economies1
by Ana M. Fernandes - 503-530 Job creation, job destruction, labour mobility and wages in Poland, 1988–19981
by John E. Jackson & Bogdan W. Mach - 531-557 Privatization in Poland What was the government trying to achieve?1
by Gianni De Fraja & Barbara M. Roberts - 559-586 Does international openness affect the productivity of local firms?
by Jože P. Damijan & José De Sousa & Olivier Lamotte - 587-623 Investing back home Return migration and business ownership in Albania1
by Talip Kilic & Calogero Carletto & Benjamin Davis & Alberto Zezza
April 2009, Volume 17, Issue 2
- 213-240 The political economy of corruption and the role of economic opportunities1
by Kira Boerner & Christa Hainz - 241-274 Regional unemployment and human capital in transition economies1
by Štěpán Jurajda & Katherine Terrell - 275-295 How important is employment protection legislation for Foreign Direct Investment flows in Central and Eastern European countries?1
by Markus Leibrecht & Johann Scharler - 297-328 What explains persistent inflation differentials across transition economies?1
by Felix Hammermann & Mark Flanagan - 329-349 Profit‐maximizing behaviour replaces social sanctions in urban microcredit markets The case of Italian MAGs1
by Federica Calidoni & Alessandro Fedele - 351-376 The informal economy and the growth of small enterprises in Russia1
by Byung‐Yeon Kim & Youngho Kang - 377-409 Labour mobility during transition Evidence from Georgia1
by Sabine Bernabè & Marco Stampini
January 2009, Volume 17, Issue 1
- 1-41 Fostering civil society to build institutions Why and when1
by Peter Grajzl & Peter Murrell - 43-73 Divestitures, privatization and corporate performance in emerging markets
by Jan Hanousek & Evžen Kočenda & Jan Svejnar - 75-96 Are property rights enough? Re‐evaluating a big‐bang claim1
by Barbara G. Katz & Joel Owen - 97-119 Regional volatility in emerging countries The case of Russia1
by Goohoon Kwon & Antonio Spilimbergo - 121-145 The impact of Chinese monetary policy shocks on East and South‐East Asia1
by Tomasz Koluk & Aaron Mehrotra - 147-173 Women's employment, children and transition An empirical analysis for Poland1
by Elena Bardasi & Chiara Monfardini - 175-210 Block trades and the benefits of control in Slovenia1
by Aleksandra Gregoric & Cristina Vespro - 211-212 Erratum
by Ricardo Hausmann & Bailey Klinger
October 2008, Volume 16, Issue 4
- 583-584 Introduction A symposium on fostering growth in South Africa
by Philippe Aghion & Johannes W. Fedderke - 585-608 South African trade policy matters Trade performance and trade policy
by Lawrence Edwards & Robert Lawrence - 609-637 South Africa's export predicament
by Ricardo Hausmann & Bailey Klinger - 639-677 South Africa: Macroeconomic challenges after a decade of success1
by Jeffrey Frankel & Ben Smit & Federico Sturzenegger - 679-713 Fiscal and monetary policy in a commodity‐based economy1
by Jeffrey Frankel & Ben Smit & Federico Sturzenegger - 715-740 Why has unemployment risen in the New South Africa?1
by Abhijit Banerjee & Sebastian Galiani & Jim Levinsohn & Zoë McLaren & Ingrid Woolard - 741-768 Competition and productivity growth in South Africa
by Philippe Aghion & Matias Braun & Johannes Fedderke - 769-797 Understanding South Africa's economic puzzles
by Dani Rodrik
July 2008, Volume 16, Issue 3
- 359-387 Who bears the cost of Russia's military draft?
by Michael Lokshin & Ruslan Yemtsov - 389-414 The role of social capital in the labour market in China1
by John Knight & Linda Yueh - 415-443 Human capital externalities Evidence from the transition economy of Russia1
by Alexander Muravyev - 445-465 Does access to credit improve productivity? Evidence from Bulgaria1
by Roberta Gatti & Inessa Love - 467-501 Productivity, innovation and convergence in Poland1
by Marcin Kolasa - 503-535 Determinants and consequences of soft budget constraints An empirical analysis using enterprise‐level data in transition countries1
by Céline Bignebat & Fabian Gouret - 537-557 Political patronage in Ukrainian banking1
by Christopher F. Baum & Mustafa Caglayan & Dorothea Schäfer & Oleksandr Talavera - 559-582 The transmission of business cycles Implications for EMU enlargement1
by Michael J. Artis & Jarko Fidrmuc & Johann Scharler
April 2008, Volume 16, Issue 2
- 141-164 Growth, reform indicators and policy complementarities1
by Jorge Braga De Macedo & Joaquim Oliveira Martins - 165-182 Similarity in trade structures, integration and catching‐up1
by Luca De Benedictis & Lucia Tajoli - 183-197 Foreign direct investment and exports The experiences of Vietnam1
by Nguyen Thanh Xuan & Yuqing Xing - 199-221 The changing demand for skills Evidence from the transition1
by Simon Commander & Janos Kollo - 223-245 The impact of China's millennium labour restructuring program on firm performance and employee earnings1
by Xiao‐Yuan Dong & Lixin Colin Xu - 247-271 Changing composition of human capital The Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland1
by Byeongju Jeong & Michal Kejak & Viatcheslav Vinogradov - 273-292 Firm wage differentiation in Eastern Germany A non‐parametric analysis of the wage spread
by Bernd Görzig & Martin Gornig & Axel Werwatz - 293-334 Debt and corporate governance in emerging economies Evidence from India1
by Jayati Sarkar & Subrata Sarkar - 335-357 From transition to competition Dynamic efficiency analysis of Polish electricity distribution companies1
by Astrid Cullmann & Christian Von Hirschhausen
January 2008, Volume 16, Issue 1
- 1-5 Symposium on Market development and inequality in China1
by Ravi Kanbur & Yingyi Qian & Xiaobo Zhang - 7-29 Resource abundance and regional development in China1
by Xiaobo Zhang & Li Xing & Shenggen Fan & Xiaopeng Luo - 31-58 China's regional income disparity An alternative way to think of the sources and causes1
by Ding Lu - 59-84 Trade, technology, and China's rising skill demand1
by Bin Xu & Wei Li - 85-112 Male–female wage discrimination in Chinese industry Investigation using firm‐level data1
by Liqin Zhang & Xiao‐Yuan Dong - 113-139 Economic–social interaction in China1
by Assar Lindbeck
October 2007, Volume 15, Issue 4
- 629-660 The brain drain, ‘educated unemployment’, human capital formation, and economic betterment1
by C. Simon Fan & Oded Stark - 661-683 Methods of privatization and economic growth in transition economies1
by John Bennett & Saul Estrin & Giovanni Urga - 685-705 Patrilocality and human capital accumulation Evidence from Central Asia1
by Louise Grogan - 707-731 Does transition make you happy?1
by Peter Sanfey & Utku Teksoz - 733-758 The Polish wage inequality explosion1
by Andrew Newell & Mieczyslaw W. Socha - 759-779 Employment fluctuations and dynamics of the aggregate average wage in Poland, 1996–20031
by Michał Myck & Leszek Morawski & Jerzy Mycielski - 781-805 Does distance matter in spillover?1
by László Halpern & Balázs Muraközy - 807-824 Do good governance provisions shelter investors from contagion? Evidence from the Russian crisis1
by Anete Pajuste - 825-843 Does political disintegration lead to trade disintegration? Evidence from transition countries1
by José De Sousa & Olivier Lamotte - 845-868 Capital accumulation during the transition from plan to market1
by Rumen Dobrinsky
July 2007, Volume 15, Issue 3
- 429-432 Symposium on Corporate governance
by Erik Berglöf & Sarmistha Pal - 433-460 Ownership structure and investment finance in transition economies A survey of evidence from large firms in Hungary and Poland1
by Igor Filatotchev & Natalia Isachenkova & Tomasz Mickiewicz - 461-481 Debt financing, soft budget constraints, and government ownership Evidence from China1
by Lihui Tian & Saul Estrin - 483-504 Collective relationship banking and private information monitoring in Korea1
by Yoonhee Tina Chang - 505-533 Fire the manager to improve performance? Managerial turnover and incentives after privatization in the Czech Republic
by Jana P. Fidrmuc & Jan Fidrmuc - 535-573 How does ownership structure affect capital structure and firm value? Recent evidence from East Asia1
by Nigel Driffield & Vidya Mahambare & Sarmistha Pal - 575-601 Did political constraints bind during transition? Evidence from Czech elections, 1990–20021
by Orla Doyle & Patrick Paul Walsh - 603-624 The export intensity of foreign affiliates in transition economies The importance of the organization of production1
by Jørgen Ulff‐Møller Nielsen & Konrad Pawlik - 625-627 The Law–Growth Nexus: The Rule of Law and Economic Development by Kenneth W. Dam
by Paul G. Hare
April 2007, Volume 15, Issue 2
- 181-209 Lending policies of informal, formal and semiformal lenders
by Thi Thu Tra Pham & Robert Lensink - 211-255 Trade liberalization and institutional reforms1
by Angela Cheptea - 257-283 The supply of and demand for accounting information
by Igor Goncharov & Jochen Zimmermann - 285-308 Microeconomic determinants of acquisitions of Eastern European banks by Western European banks1
by Gleb Lanine & Rudi Vander Vennet - 309-339 Channels of restructuring in privatized Czech companies1
by Jana P. Fidrmuc - 341-364 Returns to schooling in Kazakhstan
by G. Reza Arabsheibani & Altay Mussurov - 365-392 Wages in a growing Russia
by Elena Kazakova - 393-428 The role of banks in the Czech monetary policy transmission mechanism
by Anca Maria Pruteanu‐Podpiera
January 2007, Volume 15, Issue 1
- 1-31 Origin and concentration
by Jan Hanousek & Evžen Kočenda & Jan Svejnar - 33-56 Computer adoption and returns in transition
by Yemisi Kuku & Peter F. Orazem & Rajesh Singh - 57-76 Educational inputs and outcomes before the transition from communism
by John Beirne & Nauro F. Campos - 77-107 A macroeconomic model of Russian transition
by Serguey Braguinsky & Roger Myerson - 109-124 Incentive contracts and bank performance
by Hongbin Li & Scott Rozelle & Li‐An Zhou - 125-151 Foreign direct investment, regional market conditions and regional development
by Mei Wen - 153-173 Risk insurance in a transition economy
by Delphine M. Irac & Camelia Minoiu - 175-178 The Welfare State in the European Union: Economic and Social Perspectives by Pierre Pestieau
by Alain Trannoy
October 2006, Volume 14, Issue 4
- 579-610 Market entry, privatization and bank performance in transition1
by Steven Fries & Damien Neven & Paul Seabright & Anita Taci - 611-628 Property rights protection and access to bank loans
by Chong‐En Bai & Jiangyong Lu & Zhigang Tao - 629-647 Ownership, investment climate and firm performance
by Mary Hallward‐Driemeier & Scott Wallsten & Lixin Colin Xu - 649-680 The effects of transition and political instability on foreign direct investment inflows
by Josef C. Brada & Ali M. Kutan & Taner M. Yigit - 681-706 Changing wage structure and education in Vietnam, 1992–98
by Amy Y. C. Liu - 707-718 Problems measuring the underground economy in transition1
by Jan Hanousek & Filip Palda - 719-745 Barter, credit and welfare
by José Noguera & Susan J. Linz
July 2006, Volume 14, Issue 3
- 417-458 Income mobility of individuals in China and the United States
by Niny Khor & John Pencavel - 459-477 Partial privatization and yardstick competition
by V. Bhaskar & Bishnupriya Gupta & Mushtaq Khan - 479-504 Constitutionalism and credibility in reforming economies1
by Raj M. Desai & Anders Olofsgård - 505-515 Growth in transition economies: A trade policy perspective1
by David Barlow - 517-546 Rice market integration in the Mekong River Delta1
by Clemens Lutz & Cornelis Praagman & Luu Thanh Duc Hai - 547-573 Beyond Balassa–Samuelson: Real appreciation in tradables in transition countries1
by Martin Cincibuch & Jiří Podpiera - 575-577 The End of Poverty: How We Can Make It Happen in Our Lifetime by Jeffrey D. Sachs
by Ioannis Glinavos
April 2006, Volume 14, Issue 2
- 207-244 The great transformation of Central Eastern Europe: Success and disappointment
by János Kornai - 245-267 New economic geography meets Comecon: Regional wages and industry location in central Europe
by Marius Brülhart & Pamina Koenig - 269-288 Regional unemployment and its persistence in transition countries
by Fabian Bornhorst & Simon Commander - 289-319 Why does China protect its labour‐intensive industries more?
by Sebastián Claro - 321-347 Monopolistic wages or efficient contracts?: What determined the wage–employment bargain in post‐privatization Bulgaria?
by Ralitza Dimova - 349-389 The impact of privatization on firm performance in a transition economy: The case of Vietnam
by Truong Dong Loc & Ger Lanjouw & Robert Lensink - 391-412 The information content of the neutral rate of interest
by Michał Brzoza‐Brzezina - 413-415 The Decline of the Welfare State: Demography and Globalization
by Francesc Ortega
March 2006, Volume 14, Issue 1
- 1-45 The dynamics of moonlighting in Russia
by Alessandra Guariglia & Byung‐Yeon Kim - 47-68 Monetary integration in the ex‐Soviet Union: A ‘union of four’?
by Vladimir Chaplygin & Andrew Hughes Hallett & Christian Richter - 69-100 Optimal speed of transition with a shrinking labour force and under uncertainty
by Randolph Luca Bruno - 101-131 Additionality of public R&D grants in a transition economy
by Dirk Czarnitzki & Georg Licht - 133-169 The dynamic adjustment towards target capital structures of firms in transition economies
by Ralph de Haas & Marga Peeters - 171-198 Investment decisions and the soft budget constraint
by Emilio Colombo & Luca Stanca - 199-201 The Economic Prospects of the CIS: Sources of Long Term Growth
by Bruno S. Sergi - 201-205 Towards a Labour Market in China
by Pauline Grosjean
October 2005, Volume 13, Issue 4
- 573-603 Evaluating investment projects in the presence of sectoral linkages
by Niko Matouschek & Anthony J. Venables - 605-628 Agglomeration economies and location choice: Foreign direct investment in Hungary
by Fabienne Boudier‐Bensebaa - 629-658 Evolution of trade patterns in the new EU member states
by Andrea Zaghini - 659-677 Managerial pay and executive turnover in the Czech and Slovak Republics
by Tor Eriksson - 679-703 The choice of exchange rate regime: An empirical analysis for transition economies
by Jürgen von Hagen & Jizhong Zhou - 705-729 How progressive are indirect taxes in Russia?
by André Decoster - 731-757 Real assets, financial assets, liquidity and the lemon problem
by Gurbachan Singh - 759-762 Book Review
by Kjetil Bjorvatn
July 2005, Volume 13, Issue 3
- 421-425 Symposium on
by Abhijit V. Banerjee & Maitreesh Ghatak - 427-443 Economic development and the decline of rural and urban community‐based networks
by Kaivan Munshi & Mark Rosenzweig - 445-472 Opportunity is not everything
by Karla Hoff & Priyanka Pandey - 473-498 Cooperation in collective action
by Oriana Bandiera & Iwan Barankay & Imran Rasul - 499-532 Institutions matter, but which ones?
by Pranab Bardhan - 533-564 Rule of law, democracy, openness, and income
by Roberto Rigobon & Dani Rodrik
April 2005, Volume 13, Issue 2
- 211-238 Causes of privatization in China
by Kai Guo & Yang Yao - 239-259 Economic transition, gender bias, and the distribution of earnings in China
by John A. Bishop & Feijun Luo & Fang Wang - 261-286 Effects of bank insolvency on corporate incentives in transition economies
by Christa Hainz - 287-309 Private savings and transition
by Mechthild Schrooten & Sabine Stephan - 311-340 Worker displacement during the transition: Experience from Slovenia
by Peter F. Orazem & Milan Vodopivec & Ruth Wu - 341-372 CEEC growth projections: Certainly necessary and necessarily uncertain
by Martin Wagner & Jaroslava Hlouskova - 373-393 The impact of news, oil prices, and global market developments on Russian financial markets
by Bernd Hayo & Ali M. Kutan - 395-416 The monetary approach to exchange rates in the CEECs
by Jesús Crespo‐Cuaresma & Jarko Fidrmuc & Ronald MacDonald
January 2005, Volume 13, Issue 1
- 1-24 Politician control, agency problems and ownership reform
by Lixin Colin Xu & Tian Zhu & Yi‐min Lin - 25-50 Export variety and economic growth in East European transition economies
by Michael Funke & Ralf Ruhwedel - 51-76 Dimensions of quality upgrading
by Uwe Dulleck & Neil Foster & Robert Stehrer & Julia Woerz - 77-103 Re‐entering Europe: Does European Union candidacy boost foreign direct investment?
by Kimberly A. Clausing & Cosmina L. Dorobantu