Who is Still Haunted by the Specter of Communism? : Explaining Relative Output Contractions Under Transition /

The paper analyzes the initial output decline in transition economies by estimating a crosssection model stressing two major factors-conflicts and the legacies of the Soviet period. We link the Soviet legacies in place at the outset of the transition to the subsequent path for the development of mar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Elborgh-Woytek, Katrin
Other Authors: Berengaut, Julian
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/068
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