The great transformation of Central Eastern Europe: Success and disappointment

Economics of Transition

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-244

  Kornai, János ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Central Eastern Europe; Cognitive problems; Convergence; Main direction of political and economic transformation; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

CIVILIZATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC HISTORY; POLITICAL CHANGE; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33744517358     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2006.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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