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Democratic Institutions and Economic Reform: the Polish Case
(1998-04-01)
Analysis of the economic transformation of the Polish economy and of the 1993 elections for Parliament suggest that it is possible to proceed with pro-market and democratic reforms simultaneously. As demonstrated by the ...
Impacts of the Indonesian Economic Crisis: Price Changes and the Poor
(1999-06-01)
The recent financial crisis in Indonesia has resulted in dramatic price increases. Using very recent data, we investigate whether these price increases have impacted the cost-of-living of poor households in a disproportionately ...
The dynamic analysis of continuous-time life-cycle savings growth models
(Elsevier, 1987-09)
Working with the framework of a continuous-time overlapping-generations model, this paper examines equilibrium growth paths (consistent with perfect foresight). In particular, we develop a methodology for characterizing ...
“Don't worry, relationship conflict won't hurt us” Cultural Beliefs about the Consequences of Conflict
(2006-09)
Three cross-cultural studies examined cognitive representations of conflict providing evidence of cultural similarities and differences in expectations and behavioral intentions. In Study 1 Americans exhibited an optimistic ...
The optimal choice of privatizing state-owned enterprises: A political economic model
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1996-03)
We study the choices of two types of maximizing Public Servants over how far to carry privatization of industries and in what order to privatize. Two stylizations of the Public Servant's objectives are considered, a ...
Job Creation, Destruction and Transition in Poland, 1988-1998: Panel Evidence
(2002-06-01)
Longitudinal data from interviews with Poles of working age conducted in 1988, 1993 and 1998 present a detailed view of the transition from a state dominated to a market economy. Job loss in state firms and job creation ...
On models of racial prejudice and urban residential structure
(Elsevier, 1977-07)
Economists have studied the effects of racial prejudice on urban residential structure using a set of models that focus on conditions at the border between the black and white areas. This paper is a review of the theoretical ...
Does the Market Pay Off? Earnings Inequality and Returns to Education in Urban China
(2002-04-01)
The paper examines earnings inequality and earnings returns to education in China among four types of workers characterized by their labor market history. Compared to workers staying in the state sector, early market ...
Veto games: Spatial committees under unanimity rule
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1998-12)
There exists a large literature on two-person bargaining games and distribution games (or divide-the-dollar games) under simple majority rule, where in equilibrium a minimal winning coalition takes full advantage over ...
The Politics of Economic Reform in Thailand: Crisis and Compromise
(2004-01-01)
What explains the varying responses by Thai governments to changes in the international economic environment over time. To answer this the paper emphasizes the link between the nature of the political structure/policymaking ...