Creating Capitalism: Transitions and Growth in Post-Soviet Europe

by Patricia Dillon and Frank C. Wykoff

Employing historical analysis and building on growth theory and modern political economy, Dillon and Wykoff explain Soviet disintegration and analyze efforts to create capitalism in newly independent states. They show how five fundamental economic reforms generate growth, and use an original model to test the connections between reforms, elections and economic performance. The authors examine the progress of six countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1840647337
• ISBN13: 9781840647334
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 352 Pages