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Transition economies offer a test case for concepts and theories, for broader ideas and for the methods of scientific enquiry, but also for the multiplicity of ideological interpretations. This volume addresses the major issues of transformation, institutional design, the redistribution paradigm and the macroeconomic decisions to be made.

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Author:   Zbigniew Nahorski ,  J. Owsinski ,  Tomasz Szapiro
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.344kg
ISBN:  

9780230007949

ISBN 10:   0230007945
Pages:   146
Publication Date:   14 March 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements Contributors Some Remarks on the Study of Transformation Processes; Z.Nahorski, J.W.Owsinski & T.Szapiro PART I: INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION: THE OWNERSHIP PARADIGM An Essay in Modelling of Institutional Change; L.Hurwicz When do Stakes in Restructuring put Restructuring at Stake; P.J.H.Schröder Privatization, Efficiency and Economic Growth; T.Gylfason The Herring Barrel Metaphor and What Next; Jan W. Owsinski PART II: REDISTRIBUTION, GOVERNMENT, AND HUMAN CAPITAL Transition and Stability of Redistribution Policies; J-L.Schneider Fiscal Policy and Transition: the Case of Poland; S.L.Baier & G.Glomm Knowledge Management and the Strategies of Global Business Education: From Knowledge to Wisdom; M.Zeleny Modelling of Labor Market in a Transition Economy; M. Mikhalevich Index

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ZBIGNIEW NAHORSKI is the Dean of the Computer Science Department, Warsaw School of Information Technology and the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Control and Cybernetics. He co-manages the EURO Working Group MODEST. He is the author of over 150 scholarly papers and four books, as well as the editor of 25 books or special issues of technical journals. JAN W. OWSINSKI is author of more than 150 scientific papers and editor of more than 20 volumes. He works mainly in data analysis methods and their applications in economics and business, as well as in other fields, including decision

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