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A comparison of infrastructure development in select eastern and western European countries pre/post the fall of the Berlin wall
Author(s) -
Harvey Michael,
Myers Matthew B.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
thunderbird international business review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.553
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1520-6874
pISSN - 1096-4762
DOI - 10.1002/tie.4270410108
Subject(s) - berlin wall , train , order (exchange) , transport infrastructure , developing country , developed country , economy , economics , political science , fall of man , economic growth , sociology , finance , geography , engineering , cartography , politics , transport engineering , law , population , demography
The role that infrastructure plays in the economic development of countries has been a fascination of researchers for decades. Questions regarding which comes first, infrastructure or economic growth and which of the various dimensions of infrastructure (e.g., roads, trains, seaports, and the like) have the greatest/fastest impact on the national and personal income in a developing country are yet to be sufficiently answered. Through a comparative analysis of select Eastern and Western European countries both prior to and after the fall of the Berlin Wall, these questions are examined in order to provide insight concerning the effects of developmental efforts on former command economies. Managerial and public policy implications are offered subsequent to this unique investigation of centrally managed transition economies that have moved to market‐driven economies over the past 20 years. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.