Why did Estonia perform best? The north-south gap in the post-socialist economic transition of the Baltic states

Journal of Baltic Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-42

  Norkus, Zenonas ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Baltic states; Herrnhuter movement; Max Weber; Post communist transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648974143     PISSN: 01629778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01629770701223502     Document Type: Article

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