This paper provides a description of how forty three firms in Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia have been adjusting to the transformation of economic system since 1990. It is based on the information...
This paper examines the behavior of profitability and capital productivity in Chinese industry in the post-reform period. Using firm-level data covering state owned and collective enterprises, issues such...
This paper provides a description of how 43 firms in Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia have been adjusting to the transformation of economic system since 1990. It is based on the information derived...
The process of transition imposed on East European industry both a structural shock forcing the downsizing and branch-reorientation of industry. This was compounded by cyclical factors caused by a decline...
The main findings of the paper are that social benefits are concentrated in state-owned firms. They are also present to a considerable extent in privatized companies but much less frequently in the de...
The main findings of the paper are that social benefits are concentrated in state-owned firms. They are also present to a considerable extent in privatized companies but much less frequently in the de...
Two ownership types are considered: the insider-controlled or co-operative firm which maximizes average net returns to labor, and the capitalist managed firm which maximizes average net returns to capital...
The paper focuses on the problems with public enterprise reform in three countries, namely China, Poland, and the Czech Republic. These countries highlight the central reform issues, bringing out some...
This essay evaluates the overall performance of China's state industry by reviewing the recent literature. It examines changes in state industry from several perspectives in the 1980s, major changes occurred...
The growing literature on economic reform in the former socialist bloc highlight macroeconomic stabilization, enterprise adjustment, and institutional reform as the foundations of successful transition...
Semi-commercial farms that produce multiple crops make up a large part of the agricultural sector in developing countries. These farms or agricultural households combine two fundamental units of microeconomic...
This paper describes a simple, multi-market model for the analysis of agricultural pricing in Malawi. The model was used to guide the Ministry of Agriculture's pricing recommendations for the 1984-85 season...
The paper describes an analytical framework designed to address some of the important agricultural pricing issues that frequently arise in many African countries. The paper contains a description of producer...