Economics

Studies in Economic Transition

General Editors: Jens Holscher, Reader in Economics, University of Brighton; and Horst Tomann, Professor of Economics, Freie University, Berlin.

This new series has been established in response to a growing demand for a greater understanding of the transformation of economic systems. It brings together theoretical and empirical studies on economic transition and economic development. The post-communist transition from planned to market economies is one of the main areas of applied theory because in this filed the most dramatic examples of change and economic dynamics can be found. The series aims to contribute to the understanding of specific major economic changes as well as to advance the theory of economic development. The implications of economic policy will be a major point of focus.

New Publications

Monetary Integration in Europe
Horst Tomann

The European Economic and Monetary Union comprises twelve member states and forms a currency area of considerable size and, until now, remarkable stability. However, discussion is going on whether it can survive as an institution providing the highest degree of monetary integration which is a single monetary policy for a group of member countries with divergent economic performance.

October 2007
Hardback | £55.00 | 0230018882 | Order title

Industrial Competitiveness and Restructuring in Enlarged Europe
How Accession Countries Catch Up and Integrate in the EU
Iraj Hashi , Paul J. Welfens and Anna Wziatek-Kubiak

Using a Schumpeterian approach, this book views competitiveness as the outcome of rivalry and competition between industries of the three new and the old EU member states leading to the integration of the accession countries into the EU. It investigates the impact of a range of factors such as restructuring, the government's tax and subsidy policies, productivity and unit labour cost (relative to EU 15), the quality of products, investment, innovation, and networking on changes in the competitiveness of three-digit industries in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic in the pre-accession period.

September 2007
Hardback | £65.00 | 0230521568 | Order title

Transition and Beyond
Saul Estrin , Grzegorz W. Kolodko and Milica Uvalic

The combined effort of eminent economists who have worked with Mario Nuti during his career has produced an up-to-date evaluation of the transition. The book covers a wide variety of aspects of transition in Central and Southeast Europe and the CIS, including the socialist legacy, privatization and growth, skills, and banking reforms.

September 2007
Hardback | £65.00 | 0230546978 | Order title

Monetary Integration in Europe
Horst Tomann

August 2007
Hardback | £55.00 | 0230018882 | Order title

Transformation of State Socialism
System Change, Capitalism, or Something Else?
David Lane

This collection considers several aspects of the transformation of the former state socialist countries: social and economic outcomes; forces in the transformation process; problems of consolidation of the new regimes; and alternative scenarios. Comparisons are made between the successful central European countries now members of the European Union with those of the former Soviet Union.

September 2007
Hardback | £65.00 | 023052088X | Order title

Corporate Restructuring and Governance in Transition Economies
Bruno Dallago and Ichiro Iwasaki

This book analyzes and assesses corporate restructuring and governance in transition countries focusing on the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Russia and the core issues for these countries in transformation into competitive market economies.

March 2007
Hardback | £60.00 | 140399935X | Order title

Other Titles in the Series

Varieties of Capitalism in Post-Communist Countries

David Lane and Martin Myant

Corporate Governance and Finance in Poland and Russia
Tomasz Marek Mickiewicz

Transformation and European Integration
The Local Dimension
Bruno Dallago

Monetary Policy in Transition
Inflation Nexus Money Supply in Postcommunist Russia
Milan Nikolic

Europeanisation, Varieties of Capitalism, and Economic Performance in CEECs
Lucian Cernat

Divergent Paths in Post-Communist Transformation
Oleh Havrylyshyn

Technology Transfer via Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe
Johannes Stephan

Economic Transition in Central Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States
Tomasz Marek Mickiewicz

Money, Development and Economic Transformation
Jens Hölscher, Horst Tomann

Reforming the Financial Sector in Central European Countries
Stanislav Poloucek

Corporate Governance in a Changing Economic and Political Environment
Michal Federowicz, Ruth Aguilera