Palgrave Dictionary of Emerging Markets and Transition Economics

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Introduction....Pages 1-2
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
Central Bank Independence in Transition Economies....Pages 5-27
Currency Reforms in Emerging-Market and Transition Economies....Pages 28-38
Financial Sector Restructuring in Transition and Emerging Market Economies....Pages 39-59
The Choice of Exchange Rate Regime in Emerging-Market and Transition Economies....Pages 60-91
Monetary Stabilization....Pages 92-111
Regional Monetary Cooperation in Emerging, Transition, and Developing Economies....Pages 112-129
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Varieties of Capitalism in Post-Socialist Countries....Pages 133-152
Institutional Reform: Irresistible Forces and Immovable Objects....Pages 153-169
Property Rights in Transition Countries....Pages 170-189
Corporate Governance: Towards a New Foundation for both Developed and Transition Economies....Pages 190-211
Business Constraints in Low Income Transition Countries of Central Asia....Pages 212-220
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Human Development and Economic Growth....Pages 223-244
Competition Policy....Pages 245-261
The Access of Central and Eastern European Countries to the European Union....Pages 262-295
Sustainability of Public Budgets....Pages 296-313
The ‘Bad-Asset Problem’....Pages 314-328
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
Entrepreneurship....Pages 331-359
Innovation....Pages 360-371
Migration....Pages 372-392
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
Trade Liberalization....Pages 393-412
Foreign Direct Investment in Transition Economies of Europe and the Former Soviet Union....Pages 413-434
Front Matter....Pages 435-435
Convergence and Divergence....Pages 437-457
Income Distribution....Pages 458-476
Corporate Social Responsibility: A New Business Philosophy....Pages 477-487
Mass Privatization....Pages 488-507
Employees Financial Participation....Pages 508-521
Trust....Pages 522-544
Happiness in Transition....Pages 545-564
Back Matter....Pages 565-589