Economic Dynamics in Transitional Economies: The Four-P Governments, the EU Enlargement, and the Bruxelles Consensus
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- About the Author -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Introduction -- The Regional Context -- The Purpose of This Book -- Liberalization and Economic Hopes -- Synopsis -- Chapter 1. The Political Economy in Europe: The Three-P Governments -- Introduction -- A Formalized Methodology of Analysis -- The Microfoundations of Monetary Games -- Credibility and Inconsistency -- Inconsistency and Institutional Devices Toward Credibility -- The Eastern and Western Evidence -- Chapter 2. Accepting a Challenge: Joining the Western European Club -- Introduction -- Interactions and Conflicts in Economic Choices -- Structural Economic Convergence: An Alternative Approach -- Trade and Financial Integration -- Estimation Results -- Toward a Political Economy of Integration -- Chapter 3. Developments in Transition Economies: Syndromes and Structural Breaks -- Introduction -- The Decisive Disputes -- Economic Slumps and The Syndromes -- The Underground Economy: A Syndrome? -- The Other Syndromes -- The Transformation up to the End of the 1990s -- From the 1990s to an Economy Without Syndromes -- Chapter 4. The Political Economy of Keynes, Schumpeter, and the Supply-Siders -- Introduction -- Provoking a Supply Response -- Recovery Persistence -- Common Fears -- Political Economy Conclusions -- Chapter 5. The Bruxelles Consensus and the Fourth-P Government -- Introduction -- The Definitive Issues -- A New Consensus versus a Second Lab Experience -- Is the Transformation Over? -- The Fourth-P Government -- A Paradigm for the Next Decade -- Appendix. Relevant Internet Addresses: Widening the EU's Boundaries -- Notes -- References -- Index.