Transition economies offer a test case for concepts and theories, for broader ideas and for the methods of scientific enquiry, but also for the multiplicity of ideological interpretations. Designing the strategies for the transition processes and testing the theories relative to economic, social and political change constitute an unprecedented challenge to intellectual capacity of the scientific community. This volume brings together a team of leading international economists to address the major issues of transformation, institutional design, the redistribution paradigm and the macroeconomic decisions to be made.
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Some Remarks on the Study of Transformation Processes; Z.Nahorski, J.W.Owsinski & T.Szapiro
PART I: INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION: THE OWNERSHIP PARADIGM
An Essay in Modelling of Institutional Change; L.Hurwicz
When do Stakes in Restructuring put Restructuring at Stake; P.J.H.Schröder
Privatization, Efficiency and Economic Growth; T.Gylfason
The Herring Barrel Metaphor and What Next; Jan W. Owsinski
PART II: REDISTRIBUTION, GOVERNMENT, AND HUMAN CAPITAL
Transition and Stability of Redistribution Policies; J-L.Schneider
Fiscal Policy and Transition: the Case of Poland; S.L.Baier & G.Glomm
Knowledge Management and the Strategies of Global Business Education: From Knowledge to Wisdom; M.Zeleny
Modelling of Labor Market in a Transition Economy; M. Mikhalevich
Index