Constitutions and economic reforms in transition: An empirical study

Constitutional Political Economy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-41

  Metelska Szaniawska, Katarzyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Constitutional economics; Economic reforms; Post socialist transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 59449092531     PISSN: 10434062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10602-008-9049-1     Document Type: Article

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