The Political Economy of Poland's Transition: New Firms and Reform Governments (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions)
By John E. Jackson, Jacek Klich, Krystyna Poznanska,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 296
Publication Date: 2005-06-06
Sales Rank: 1800332
ISBN / ASIN: 0521838959
EAN: 9780521838955
Binding: Hardcover
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
Studio: Cambridge University Press
In the time span of a two-term US presidency, Poland went from an authoritarian one-party state with a faltering centrally planned economy to become a relatively stable multiparty democracy and a market economy with one of the highest GDP growth rates in Europe. A central feature of these economic and political reforms is a high rate of entry of new, domestically owned firms. This book uses detailed economic and political data to examine how these new firms contributed to the Polish transition. The authors test propositions about why some regions have more new firms than others and how the success of these new firms contributed to political constituencies that supported economically liberal parties. The book concludes by contrasting the Polish with the experiences of other transitional countries.
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