Berend (2000) – From Plan to Market, From Regime Change to Sustained Growth in Central and Eastern Europe * After the state socalism collapsed in Central and Eastern Europe in the early 1990s, the Washington consensus of 1989 (a broadly accepted set of criteria for a reform program) was adopted as a blueprint for the process of transformation. * Central elements: * Macro-economic stabilization (for countries with significant inflation and indebtedness) * New institutions
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Peru: are we entering in a new crisis? by Marco Morante Monday September 23rd, 2013 Last month newspapers’ headlines were talking about a statement made by Ollanta Humala to the media: “The crisis has arrived, but we have a solid economy”; indeed there is a global crisis going on and indeed the Peruvian economy growth’s expectation is not the very same as in just a few months ago; but, is Peru about to enter in another crisis as the ones suffered in past years? Disregarding the several replies
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China Economic Reform and Opening: Some Evidents from Guangdong Province In the late 1970s, China still a developing country three decades after a revolutionary regime change in 1949, was in dire need of systemic change. The decade-long debacle of the Cultural Revolution had just ended, leaving the economy dormant and the people physically and emotionally drained. At that time the new idea of opening the country to global contacts and influences after three decades of partly self-imposed isolation
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When discussing revenue growth since the enactment of the tax cuts, Administration officials typically focus only on revenue growth since 2004. This provides a convenient starting point for their arguments, as it sets a very low bar. In 2001, 2002, and 2003, revenues fell in nominal terms without adjusting for inflation for three straight years, the first time this has occurred since before World War II. Measured as a share of the economy, revenues in 2004 were at their lowest level since 1959. Given
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ijcrb.webs.com MARCH 2013 VOL 4, NO 11 INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS EFFECT OF TRADE DEFICIT ON THE ECONOMY OF PAKISTAN Mohsin Abbas Superior University, Lahore, Pakistan Hassan Raza (Corresponding author) University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan Abstract This study has conducted to find the effects of trade deficit on the economy of Pakistan in which trade deficit is the independent and gross domestic product, foreign direct investment exchange rate
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| | Business Economics GM545 Project 2 | | Chapter 16-Question #5 Frictional unemployment Unemployment that is always present, it occurs when employees are transitioning from one place of employment to another or employees searching for new or better positions (Frictional Unemployment, 2013). Frictional unemployment is a natural part of our economy, and is considered to be necessary and beneficial. Frictional unemployment gives people time to search for jobs that they really want
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Economic Environments within Businesses Economy Great Britain is one of the world's leading industrialized nations. It has achieved this position despite the lack of most raw materials needed for industry. It must also import 40% of its food supplies. The UK has been dependant on the export of manufactured goods in exchange for various raw materials and food. The countries manufacturing sector includes; machines tools, electric power, motor vehicles, metals, chemicals,paper, textiles, clothing
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ECON1102 Chart Book - 2013 Session 2 Question 1: There are two factors that impact the AD model: the output （y）and the rate of inflation, the name of the curve reflects the fact that short-term equilibrium output is determined by, and equals, total planned spending in the economy. Increase in inflation will reduce planned spending and short-run equilibrium output, so the aggregate demand curve is downward sloping. Question 2: Yes, the fiscal stimulus to have work. Fiscal policy is the
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The period 1928 to 1933 marked a transition, perhaps the most decisive turning point in the history of the country of Russia. While the NEP system was not formally repudiated, official policies increasingly came to contradicts fundamental assumptions. The first five year plan (1928-1933) could be construed as a general success even though it did have its moment of failure. The first five year plan was introduced in Russia in an attempt to catch up with the more advanced west. As Stalin said 'We are
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28-2 (Key Question) Assuming the level of investment is $16 billion and independent of the level of total output, complete the following table and determine the equilibrium levels of output and employment in this private closed economy. What are the sizes of the MPC and MPS? | | | | | |Possible levels |Real domestic | |
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