Economies in Transition: The Long-Run View

Introduction; G. Roland Innovation and Dynamism: Interaction between Systems and Technical Progress; J. Kornai The Demographic Transformation of Post-Socialist Countries: Causes, Consequences and Questions; E. Brainerd Reform and Inequality during the Transition: An Analysis Using Panel Household Survey Data, 1990-2005; B. Milanovic & L. Ersado Twenty Years of Political Transition; D. Treisman Into the Void: Governing Finance in Central and Eastern Europe; K. Pistor The Long-Run Weight of Communism or the Weight of Long-Run History? G. Roland Misuse of Institutions: Lessons from Transition; L. Polishchuk Civil Society, Institutional Change and the Politics of Reform: The Great Transition; L. Bruszt, N.F. Campos, J. Fidrmuc, & G. Roland Twenty Years Later and the Socialist Heritage is Still Kicking: The Case of Russia; G. Ofer European Transition at Twenty: Assessing Progress in Countries and Sectors; E. Berglöf, L. Bruynooghe, H. Harmgart, P. Sanfey, H. Schweiger & J. Zettelmeyer Transition, Structural Divergence, and Performance: Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union over 2000-2007; G.A. Cornia The Long Road to Normalcy: Where Russia Now Stands; V. Popov The Travails of Unification: East Germany's Economic Transition since 1989; C.S. Maier Transition in Southeast Europe: Understanding Economic Development and Institutional Change; M. Uvalic Central Asia after Two Decades of Independence; R. Pomfret