Recently added articles from Comparative Economic Studies:
Egon Neuberger: in memoriam.(In memoriam)
Jun 01, 2008; Ben-Ner, Avner ... Egon Neuberger lived a very rich life, cut short at the age of 82 by leukaemia. He was a key participant in the comparative economic systems field from the 1950s until the 1990s, a contributor to important ideas in additional fields, a prized teacher, an active citizen of the economics ...
How has China's economic emergence contributed to the field of economics?(50th Anniversary Essay)(Report)
Jun 01, 2008; Jefferson, Gary H. ... INTRODUCTION Noteworthy innovations in the field of economics over the past three decades, particularly in the field of institutional economics, have coincided with China's transformation from a relatively minor, centrally planned economy to a burgeoning economy with the highest ...
Risk, regulation and competition in banking and finance in transition economies: introduction to the symposium.(Report)
Jun 01, 2008; Kemme, David M. ... When the centrally planned economies of eastern Europe and the Soviet Union began transition to a market economy in the early 1990s, it was widely recognised that the system of banking and finance would play a pivotal role in the economic development of each country. Nearly two decades ...
Inside the credit boom: competition, segmentation and information--evidence from the Serbian credit market.(Report)
Jun 01, 2008; Dimitrijevic, Jasna ... INTRODUCTION Banking systems in transition economies have some specific features and have been the subject of an extensive list of studies during the last two decades. These markets have experienced a rapid credit growth driven by integration into international capital markets ...
Banking competition and efficiency: a micro-data analysis on the Czech banking industry.(Report)
Jun 01, 2008; Pruteanu-Podpiera, Anca ... INTRODUCTION As banks play a fundamental role in the financing of the economy, banking competition exerts an impact on economic development. However, there are some potential negative effects of banking competition through excessive risk-taking by banks, which may hamper ...
The search for value: cross-border bank M&A in emerging markets.(Report)
Jun 01, 2008; Williams, Jonathan ... INTRODUCTION We consider in this paper the post-1998 wave of cross-border bank mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity involving purchases of ownership stakes at target banks in emerging market economies (EME) by large (international) banks from industrialised countries. Our ...
The sequence of bank liberatisation: financial repression versus capital requirements in Russia.(Report)
Jun 01, 2008; Claeys, Sophie ... INTRODUCTION In this paper, we highlight one particular aspect of financial repression, namely the presence of high, but lowly compensated reserve requirements. Reserve requirements are widely used as a monetary policy tool aimed at maintaining systemic stability. Typically, ...
Trade liberalisation and employment effects in Ukraine.(Report)
Jun 01, 2008; Christev, Atanas ... INTRODUCTION The flexibility of labour markets is an essential feature of well-functioning market economies. Baldwin et al. (1998) and Davis and Haltiwanger (1992, 1999) report that in North America roughly one in every 10 jobs is created and one in every 10 jobs is destroyed ...
The S-curve in emerging markets.(Report)
Jun 01, 2008; Bahmani-Oskooee, Mohsen ... INTRODUCTION The relationship between trade balance and terms of trade or trade balance and real exchange rate continues to be of substantial interest in trade literature and by policy makers. There are three distinct methods of investigating the link between trade balance and ...