The Political Economy Of The Eurozone In Central And Eastern Europe

Author : Krisztina Arató,Boglarka Koller,Anita Pelle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429537004

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The Political Economy of the Eurozone in Central and Eastern Europe by Krisztina Arató,Boglarka Koller,Anita Pelle Pdf

The idea for this volume came from the enigma that some Central and Eastern European (CEE) European Union (EU) member states have been keen to join the Eurozone while others have shown persistent reluctance. Moreover, the attitudes towards joining have seemingly not correlated with either the level of economic development or the time spent as part of the EU, nor with any other rational reason such as the level of integration into the EU real economy, or the level of trust in the EU on the part of the public. Therefore, at first sight, the answer to the question ‘why in, why out?’ remains rather unclear. The attractiveness of the currency union has nevertheless not disappeared for the CEE countries. Despite the Eurozone crisis of 2010–13, it was during that time that the Baltic states introduced the euro. Then, after a few years of inactivity, Croatia and Bulgaria successfully applied for membership of the exchange rate mechanism in July 2020, amid the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. At the same time, the three Visegrad countries still using their national currencies – Poland, Czechia and Hungary – no longer have a target date to join the monetary union. This volume aims to discuss these issues from horizontal aspects and through country studies, with contributions from expert authors from, or closely related to, the CEE region.

Author : Jens Bastian
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429797248

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The Political Economy of Transition in Central and Eastern Europe by Jens Bastian Pdf

First published in 1998, this volume contributes to the debate after the fall of the Soviet Union on the transition of Eastern European, former Soviet countries to a market economy. The transition was an enterprise as daring in practice and historically unprecedented as it is an analytical laboratory subject to constant reflection. The first two chapters address foreign direct investment in Central and Eastern European countries. The rebuilding of social insurance systems is then addressed, with a focus on state pension schemes. The subsequent two chapters examine the political and demographic features of transition countries, highlighting media reform as a key aspect for the consolidation of a democratic, law-based, market economy and society. Focus then turns to Poland, the country which is considered to display the most progress in the political economy of transition. Finally, the controversial issue of the electoral successes of former Communist parties in Central and Eastern Europe is discussed.

Author : Istvan Benczes
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789633860588

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Deficit and Debt in Transition by Istvan Benczes Pdf

The adjustment problems of public finance in countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) are often misunderstood and misinterpreted by western scholars. This book contributes to the bridging of the gap between what is being thought by external observers and what the actual public finance reality is, as described by competent local scholars. Popular political economy research has remained biased towards advanced countries and has neglected developing and transition economies. Publications on CEE countries? public finances seem to be reluctant to apply the conceptual framework of standard political economy to these countries because of the assumption that CEE economies are different from their Western peers. But is this really the case? Are CEE economies so much different that none of the well-known ?Western? political economy concepts or models can be applied to the analysis of fiscal performance in the region? Benczes demonstrates that they can be safely applied in the context of CEE economies as well. He sees no need to develop a separate or unique theory designed for the study and understanding of (one-time) transition economies. ÿ

Author : Jens Bastian
Publisher : Routledge Revivals
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138344443

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The Political Economy of Transition in Central and Eastern Europe by Jens Bastian Pdf

First published in 1998, this volume contributes to the debate after the fall of the Soviet Union on the transition of Eastern European, former Soviet countries to a market economy. The transition was an enterprise as daring in practice and historically unprecedented as it is an analytical laboratory subject to constant reflection. The first two chapters address foreign direct investment in Central and Eastern European countries. The rebuilding of social insurance systems is then addressed, with a focus on state pension schemes. The subsequent two chapters examine the political and demographic features of transition countries, highlighting media reform as a key aspect for the consolidation of a democratic, law-based, market economy and society. Focus then turns to Poland, the country which is considered to display the most progress in the political economy of transition. Finally, the controversial issue of the electoral successes of former Communist parties in Central and Eastern Europe is discussed.

Author : Ivano Cardinale,D'Maris Coffman,Roberto Scazzieri
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 589 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107124011

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The Political Economy of the Eurozone by Ivano Cardinale,D'Maris Coffman,Roberto Scazzieri Pdf

This book proposes a new way of thinking about the Eurozone, exploring the overlap between its economic and political interdependencies.

Author : Bruno Dallago,Steven Rosefielde
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317625230

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Transformation and Crisis in Central and Eastern Europe by Bruno Dallago,Steven Rosefielde Pdf

The global financial crisis has provided an important opportunity to revisit debates about post-socialist transition and the relative success of different reform paths. Post-communist Central and Eastern Europe (CEECs) in particular show resilience in the wake of the international crisis with a diverse range of economic transformations. Transformation and Crisis in Central and Eastern Europe offers an in depth analysis of a diverse range of countries, including Poland, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic and Slovakia. This volume assesses each country’s institutional transformations, geopolitical policies, and local adaptations that have led them down divergent post-communist paths. Chapters take the reader systematically through the evolution of former communist national economic systems, before ending with lessons and conclusions for the future. Subsequent chapters demonstrate that economic performance crucially depends on achieving a sustainable balance between sound institutional design and policies on one hand, and localization on the other. This new volume from a prestigious group of academics offers a fascinating and timely study which will be of interest to all scholars and policy makers with an interest in European Economics, Russian and East European Studies, Transition Economies, Political Economy and the post-2008 world more generally.

Author : Robert Boyer,Tibor Iván Berend,Kumiko Haba
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822039633847

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The Euro Crisis and European Political Economy by Robert Boyer,Tibor Iván Berend,Kumiko Haba Pdf

Author : Elodie Douarin,Tomasz Mickiewicz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319654744

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Economics of Institutional Change by Elodie Douarin,Tomasz Mickiewicz Pdf

This book, a third edition, has been significantly expanded and updated. It revisits the process of institutional change: its characteristics, determinants and implications for economic performance. New chapters address the significance of Post-Communist transition, the differences and importance of initial conditions in institutional building, and, social norms, values, and happiness. Other chapters have been expanded to include, for example, a focus on the Washington consensus, commentary on the 2008 financial crisis, state capacity and corruption, and new findings on redistribution and inequality. With specific focus on Central Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, this revised edition examines the process of development, and its interdependence with institutions.

Author : Ivano Cardinale,D'Maris Coffman,Roberto Scazzieri
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 589 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107124011

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The Political Economy of the Eurozone by Ivano Cardinale,D'Maris Coffman,Roberto Scazzieri Pdf

This book proposes a new way of thinking about the Eurozone, exploring the overlap between its economic and political interdependencies.

Author : Bruno S. Sergi
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : EU-udvidelse
ISBN : 0789016370

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Economic Dynamics in Transitional Economies by Bruno S. Sergi Pdf

This book examines the economic dynamics of Central and Eastern European post-Communist countries. It illuminates the paths these countries are taking toward restructuring their markets, increasing international trade, and bettering their connections with the European Union and other countries. Beginning with a comparative analysis of the three

Author : István Benczes (Ed.)
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783944690162

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Crisis in the West and the East by István Benczes (Ed.) Pdf

At the end of the 1990s and the start of the new millennium, globalisation was the main buzzword in the social sciences; nowadays, however, this role has been taken over by governance. So much so in fact that the term has earned considerable credit outside of the academia, and has become the topic of heated discussions in public debates as well. Globalisation and governance are, nevertheless, not independent from each other. It is a pity that a full-blown crisis, such as the global financial and economic crisis of 2007-2008, was needed to make it painfully evident that the success of globalisation and the design of good governance mutually presuppose one another; one cannot exist without the other. As globalization exists simultaneously on the global, regional and national levels, the same can be said of governance as well. Consequently, this volume focuses on each of these highly interdependent levels and gives a critical account of economic globalization and governance. István Benczes is an Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, Corvinus University of Budapest (formerly known as the Budapest University of Economic Sciences). Currently, he is a Fulbright Professor at Indiana University, Bloomington, US. He earned his PhD in Political Economy at Central European University, Budapest. His main research interests include the political economy of European economic integration and economic transformation of Central and Eastern Europe. He has been teaching International Political Economy, International Economics, European Economic Governance and Development Economics for more than a decade. His monograph on Trimming the Sails: The Comparative Political Economy of Expansionary Fiscal Consolidations was published by CEU Press.

Author : J.M. Van Brabant
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789400906891

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Remaking Eastern Europe — On the Political Economy of Transition by J.M. Van Brabant Pdf

This compact volume is meant as a modest contribution to the ongoing debate on how to transform in particular the radically reforming Eastern European economies into more productive sociopolitical organizations. Although my main focus here is on the economics of reform and east-west assistance, I have tried to embed the multiple technical aspects of restructuring such a resource alloca tion into the context of remaking Eastern Europe. That the volume coincides with the seminal transformations of the communist countries of Eastern Europe is, of course, not fortuitous. But I shall have much less to say about the politi cal transitions from communism to parliamentary democracy, except the ways in which the latter may bolster or hinder the hoped-for economic mutations. In taking stock of where I stand on the issue of "radical reform" of planned economics in general and the CMEA in particular, both still moving targets, I have benefited greatly from participation in formal and informal conferences on economic reform. The product has also profited from many informal discus sions and exchanges of views among friends and colleagues, including those entrusted with and purely interested in efforts on the overall topic of the study launched from within the broad context of the United Nations, my at times reluctant employer.

Author : Frank Schimmelfennig,Ulrich Sedelmeier
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 080148961X

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The Europeanization of Central and Eastern Europe by Frank Schimmelfennig,Ulrich Sedelmeier Pdf

This book demonstrates the importance of the credibility and the costs of accession conditionality for the adoption of EU rules in Central and Eastern Europe.

Author : Kenneth Dyson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-11-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191515422

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Enlarging the Euro Area by Kenneth Dyson Pdf

This book seeks to offer the first in-depth and systematic analysis of the challenges of the Euro Area and the eastward enlargement of the European Union. It focuses in particular on how the prolonged process of accession to the Euro Area is affecting domestic economic policies in the accession states of east central Europe. It contributes to Europeanization studies, comparative political economy and to studies of Economic and Monetary Union. It also provides a picture of processes of domestic transformation in such countries as the three Baltic States, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Romania. The book brings together a range of recognized experts from across Europe and combines country and sectoral case studies with a thematic treatment. It begins by offering an 'outside-in' perspective, which situates the effects of EMU on the accession states in the wider context of the development of global economic norms. The second part focuses on an 'inside-out' analysis of how Euro Area accession affects the states of east central Europe - their policies, politics and public institutions. The final part assesses how Euro Area accession is affecting key policy sectors in east central Europe: financial market regulation, fiscal policies and welfare states and labour markets.

Author : Laszlo Somogyi
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1782543945

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The Political Economy of the Transition Process in Eastern Europe by Laszlo Somogyi Pdf

'This well-produced book is a worthy contribution to the burgeoning literature on the transition. The editor provides a useful introduction.' - Ian Jeffries, The Economic Journal '. . . provides a useful and readable introduction to many of the most important issues in the "transition process".' - Hugo Radice, Economics of Transition Why has industrial output fallen in Eastern Europe and is further decline inevitable? What lessons can be learned from the stablilization programmes of the first two years of the post-communist era? Should the transitional economies privatize quickly and where do they find the missing institutions essential to the proper working of capitalism? In seeking answers to these and other questions, The Political Economy of the Transition Process in Eastern Europe analyses the difficulties faced by nations attempting to move from a planned to a market economy with special emphasis on issues of macroeconomic stabilization and institutional change.