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What Are the Lessons from Post‐Communist Transitions?
Author(s) -
Roháč Dalibor
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/ecaf.12006
Subject(s) - communism , political science , institutionalism , political economy , economic system , transition (genetics) , new institutionalism , positive economics , public administration , sociology , development economics , economics , law , politics , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Abstract This paper provides a review of the literature on post‐communist transitions. It outlines the debate between the proponents of rapid reforms and the advocates of neo‐institutionalism. Providing evidence from the transitional countries, it suggests an alternative approach, explicitly acknowledging the impact of two categories of constraints on reforms.