Comparative analysis of economic transformation in Poland and selected central European countries

Kowalski, Tadeusz (2009): Comparative analysis of economic transformation in Poland and selected central European countries. Published in: Poznan-Atlanta MBAWorking Papers in Management, Finance and Economics, Poznan University of Economics , Vol. 1 2009, No. 1 (8) 2009

Abstract

The aim of this study is an empirical evaluation and comparison of Poland’s economic transformation in 1989-2008 against the background of the results achieved in the same period by Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Lithuania, and the Ukraine. I have focused on the most distinctive features of economic transformation. The background for the empirical analyses constituted the macroeconomic stabilization frameworks of the economies, the standard growth mechanisms and the conditions of the economies’ competitiveness.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: convergence, divergence, transformation, competitiveness, transition economies E65, O16, O47, O57, P52
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity > O47 - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth ; Aggregate Productivity ; Cross-Country Output Convergence; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O16 - Financial Markets ; Saving and Capital Investment ; Corporate Finance and Governance; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E6 - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook > E65 - Studies of Particular Policy Episodes

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