Long-term growth prospects in transition economies: A reappraisal

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-118

  Crafts, Nicholas ^a   Kaiser, Kai ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catch up growth; Rule of law; Transition

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POST-COMMUNISM; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 1342266736     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-349X(02)00053-X     Document Type: Article

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