Reform reversals and output growth in transition economies

Economics of Transition

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 649-669

  Merlevede, Bruno ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Reversal; Structural reform; Transition

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; REFORM PROCESS; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 0347538074     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0967-0750.2003.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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