About this ebook
Treating its subject matter thematically, the book incorporates much of the transition economics literature and evidence that have evolved over the past two decades. In particular, the authors focus on the most important aspects of economic transition, including:
- The initial conditions at the outset of transition
- Paradigms and patterns of transition
- The main transition policies and economic reforms
- The performance of transition countries and firms
- The lessons from transition
The textbook covers a wide range of both contemporary microeconomic and macroeconomic issues, in over thirty ex-socialist European and Asian countries, including Russia and China.
Transition Economics: Two Decades On
is more than just a book about a particular part of the world or the transformation that was experienced at a particular time in history. The authors believe that the study of the economics of transition gives the reader an insight into theories, policies, reforms, legacies, institutions, processes and lessons that have application and relevance, beyond the specific transition from plan to market, to other parts of the world and to other times in history.Discover more
About the author
Gerard Turley is at the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics in the National University of Ireland, Galway.
Peter Luke is currently on a career break from the UK Government’s Home Office Department where he works as an economic advisor. As part of his career break he is teaching economics in Beijing, China.
