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Enterprise restructuring in transition: A quantitative survey

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S Djankov… - Journal of economic literature, 2002 - ingentaconnect.com
Abstract: We survey the empirical literature analyzing the process of enterprise restructuring
in transition economies. The survey provides new insights into the relative effectiveness of
different reform policies, and into how this effectiveness varies across regions. We study ...
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[BOOK] Evolution in economics and in the economic reform of the centrally planned economies

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P Murrell… - 1991 - econweb.umd.edu
The purpose of the present paper is to present the lessons of one such economic metaphor:
to examine an evolutionary approach to economic reform. When the word'evolutionary'is
used in common parlance, it usually conjures up two images. The first image is of slow ...
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How far has the transition progressed?

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P Murrell - The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1996 - JSTOR
Peter Murrell n the few years since the fall of communism, more than 400 million people in
the 29 reforming countries of eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have witnessed a
century's worth of changes. Consider the circumstances just five years before the writing of ...
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The Transition According to Cambridge, Mass.

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P Murrell - Journal of Economic Literature, 1995 - JSTOR
According TO STANLEY FISCHER (1: 237), the standard reform prescription for an ex-
socialist country is to proceed as fast as possible on macroeconomic stabilization, the
liberalization of domestic trade and prices, current account convertibility, privatization, and ...
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Interest groups and the size of government

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DC Mueller… - Public Choice, 1986 - Springer
The results of the previous section, estimates of a three equation model from 23
observations, must obviously be regarded as tentative. The consistent positive relationship
between number of interest groups and size of government observed with changing sets ...
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Can neoclassical economics underpin the reform of centrally planned economies?

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P Murrell - The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1991 - JSTOR
Te here's a curious symmetry between the arguments propounded over the last century in
advocacy of socialism and the present popular discussion of the reform of centrally planned
economies. In those old discussions, the vision of socialism was utopian, which was ...
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[PDF] What is shock therapy? What did it do in Poland and Russia?

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P Murrell - Post-Soviet Affairs, 1993 - davidson.edu
Abstract: A prominent theorist of Soviet and East European economics critiques the vision of
political and economic processes implicit in shock therapy, defending an alternative,
evolutionary approach. The critique of shock therapy rests on both theoretical reasoning ...
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Evolutionary and radical approaches to economic reform

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P Murrell - Economics of Planning, 1992 - Springer
At the end of 1989, most economists agreed that the optimal approach to socialist economic
reform involved immediate destruction of old institutions and rapid conversion to capitalist
arrangements. This approach is called the radical one. The evolutionary approach has ...
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Electoral politics, interest groups, and the size of government

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PJ Coughlin, DC Mueller… - Economic Inquiry, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
This paper considers how government size responds to a change in the influence of interest
groups. First, an election model is developed that has an equilibrium and in which interest
groups have unequal influence. The authors then show that an increase in a group's ...
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Law, relationships and private enforcement: Transactional strategies of Russian enterprises

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K Hendley, P Murrell… - Europe-Asia Studies, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
HOW DO RUSSIAN INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES do business with one another? The 'Wild
East'image of Russia suggests that extra-legal tactics are used on a day-to-day basis, and
that law is largely irrelevant. The reality is quite different. In this article we provide an ...
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The relationship between economic growth and the speed of liberalization during transition

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B Heybey… - The Journal of Policy Reform, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
We examine existing results on the effect of speed of liberalization on growth during
transition. We highlight methodological problems in existing studies, noting the existence of
simultaneity and the use of variables that are not valid measures of the phenomena they ...
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[BOOK] The Community Teacher: A New Framework for Effective Urban Teaching.

PC Murrell Jr - 2001 - eric.ed.gov
ED459283 - The Community Teacher: A New Framework for Effective Urban Teaching.
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[BOOK] African-centered pedagogy: Developing schools of achievement for African American children

PC Murrell - 2002 - books.google.com
Page 1. Afri Developing Schools of Achievement for African American Children Peter C. Murrell
Jr. Page 2. Page 3. Page 4. Page 5. AFRICAN-CENTERED PEDAGOGY On TA1Q-WJ6-DFQN
Page 6. SUNY series, The Social Context of Education Christine E. Sleeter, editor Page ...
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[PDF] Conservative political philosophy and the strategy of economic transition

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P Murrell - East European Politics and Societies, 1992 - pdf.usaid.gov
Social sciences, especially economics, do not focus their efforts on processes of
socioeconomic change, for concern traditionally has been on end points. The focus on end
points obscures discussion of how to bring about viable changes, because it leads to lack ...
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When privatization should be delayed: the effect of communist legacies on organizational and institutional reforms

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P Murrell… - Journal of Comparative Economics, 1993 - Elsevier
Abstract This paper analyzes institutional and organizational developments in the early
stages of postsocialist reforms, focusing on policy decisions on the timing of privatization
and on the allocation of resources between different types of sectors. We identify links ...
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[BOOK] The nature of socialist economies: lessons from Eastern European foreign trade

P Murrell - 1990 - pup.princeton.edu
What are the sources of the well-known differences in the performance of capitalist and
socialist economic systems? Peter Murrell argues that the Schumpeterian model has far
more power to answer this question than does the neoclassical theory generally used for ...
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The devolution of centrally planned economies

P Murrell… - Journal of Comparative Economics, 1991 - Elsevier
Abstract Estimates of the opportunity for catch-up growth reveal that the centrally planned
economies performed relatively well in the early postwar period, but that their performance
compared to that of the market economies deteriorated over time. The theory of ...
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Competition and privatization amidst weak institutions: evidence from Mongolia

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JH Anderson, Y Lee… - Economic Inquiry, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Mongolia's mass privatization program was implanted in a country that lacked the very basic
institutions of capitalism. This paper examines the effects of competition and ownership on
the efficiency of the newly privatized enterprises, using a representative sample of ...
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[BOOK] The determinants of enterprise restructuring in transition: An assessment of the evidence

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S Djankov… - 2000 - books.google.com
Over the last decade, more than one hundred fifty thousand large enterprises in twenty
seven transition countries have encountered revolutionary changes in every aspect of their
political and economic environments. Some enterprises have responded to the challenge, ...
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[CITATION] Did the theory of market socialism answer the challenge of Ludwig von Mises? A reinterpretation of the socialist controversy

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P Murrell - History of Political Economy, 1983 - Duke Univ Press
In microeconomics courses, students often encounter descriptions of the interwar debate on
the efficiency of resource allocation under socialism. Textbooks use that debate to motivate
issues in welfare economics. The standard view of Ludwig von Mises' role in that debate is ...
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[BOOK] Like Stone Soup: The Role of the Professional Development School in the Renewal of Urban Schools.

PC Murrell Jr - 1998 - eric.ed.gov
ED420652 - Like Stone Soup: The Role of the Professional
Development School in the Renewal of Urban Schools.
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An examination of the factors affecting the formation of interest groups in OECD countries

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P Murrell - Public Choice, 1984 - Springer
Perhaps the best way to summarize the empirical results is to classify the hypotheses into
three groups: those which can be readily accepted because they are supported in all tests;
those which can be readily rejected because no test results support them; and those upon ...
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A model of electroral competition with interest groups

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PJ Coughlin, DC Mueller… - Economics Letters, 1990 - Elsevier
Abstract This letter specifies and analyzes a model of electoral competition with interest
groups. The assumptions used in the model are drawn from the existing literature. We (i)
show that certain assumptions that have been used in empirical analyses of voting ...
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The economics of sharing: A transactions cost analysis of contractual choice in farming

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P Murrell - The Bell Journal of Economics, 1983 - JSTOR
This article analyzes the reasons for the adoption of contracts in which factors receive a
share of output as payment. Previous theories are unsatisfactory in that their assumptions
and predictions are inconsistent with basic features of activities in which such contracts ...
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[CITATION] Big Bang'versus evolution: East European economic reforms in the light of recent economic history

P Murrell - PlanEcon Report, 1990
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The role of law in China's economic development

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D Clarke, P Murrell… - GWU Law School Public Law …, 2006 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: This paper surveys China's legal system in the economic reform era. We analyze
the role of law in the economy, assessing whether China's formal legal system contributed to
those expectations of stable and predictable rights of property and contract that are ...
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[BOOK] Assessing the value of law in transition economies

P Murrell - 2001 - books.google.com
Does law play a role in the economies that are moving from Soviet-style socialism to market
capitalism? The essays in this book examine that question, providing a vivid picture of how
the new institutions of capitalism affect the lives of business people, legal practitioners, ...
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Institutions and firms in transition economies

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P Murrell - Handbook of New Institutional Economics, 2005 - Springer
In 1989, the Soviet bloc in Eastern Europe disintegrated. In mid-1991, the old Yugoslavia
began its painful, protracted breakup. Later that year, an abortive Y communist coup led
quickly to the FSU (former Soviet Union). Twenty-eight countries were free to choose their ...
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[CITATION] Afrocentric immersion: Academic and personal development of African American males in public schools

P Murrell - Freedom's plow: Teaching in the multicultural …, 1993
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[CITATION] Interest groups and the political economy of government size

DC Mueller… - Public Expenditure and Government Growth, 1985
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Law works in Russia: the role of law in interenterprise transactions

K Hendley, P Murrell… - … the value of law in transition …, 2001 - books.google.com
As levels of economic performance increasingly diverge across the countries undertaking
the difficult transition from communism, the role of economic institutions is receiving more
attention (Blanchard and Kremer 1997; Johnson, Kaufmann, and Shleifer 1997). Among ...
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Product Quality, Market Signaling and the Development of East West Trade

P Murrell - Economic Inquiry, 1982 - Wiley Online Library
Countertrade, a contractual form in which there is a two-way flow of goods, occupies a
position of significance in East-West trade. In this paper, it is shown that countertrade can
solve problems which arise when the quality of Eastern European products is unknown. ...
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In search of responsive teaching for African American males: An investigation of students' experiences of middle school mathematics curriculum

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PC Murrell - The Journal of Negro Education, 1994 - JSTOR
Page 1. In Search of Responsive Teaching for African American Males: An
Investigation of Students' Experiences of Middle School Mathematics Curriculum
Peter C. Murrell, Jr., Wheelock College INTRODUCTION One of the ...
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Law works in Russia: the role of legal institutions in the transactions of Russian enterprises

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K Hendley, P Murrell… - 1999 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: We use survey data to examine whether law and legal institutions add value to
Russian transactions. Enterprises view legal institutions relatively benignly. Inter-enterprise
contacts are important in resolving transactional problems, but courts are used when ...
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The interaction of donors, contractors, and recipients in implementing aid for institutional reform

P Murrell - The institutional economics of foreign aid, 2002 - books.google.com
The efficiency ofthe mechanisms offoreign aid provision has rarely been the subject of
analytical deliberation (Pietrobelli and Scarpa, 1992). This lacuna is mirrored in the real
world of foreign aid provision. The byzantine bureaucratic structure of aid agencies, the ...
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Firms facing new institutions: transactional governance in Romania

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P Murrell - Journal of Comparative Economics, 2003 - Elsevier
How do firms respond to new institutions? This question is addressed by analyzing the
determinants of firms' strategies on transactional governance, using data from a Romanian
survey. Strategy variables are regressed on factors that should determine behavior ...
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Symposium on economic transition in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

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P Murrell - The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1991 - JSTOR
Peter Murrell he past and present economic problems of the Soviet Union and Eastern
Europe are of enormous significance for the economics profession, roughly comparable to a
combination of a manned mission to Mars, a functioning Hubble space telescope, and the ...
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Which enterprises (believe they) have soft budgets? Evidence on the effects of ownership and decentralization in Mongolia

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JH Anderson, G Korsun… - Journal of Comparative Economics, 2000 - Elsevier
To ascertain the prevalence of soft budgets and to find causes of softness, we surveyed
Mongolian enterprises, asking whether state aid was expected when financial difficulties
arose. One-quarter of the enterprises expected soft budgets, a large proportion of which ...
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Ownership, exit and voice after mass privatization

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JH Anderson, G Korsun… - Economics of Transition, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
2. Abstract Exit (owners selling their shares) and voice (owners active in corporate activities)
are important ingredients in the process by which mass privatization changes managerial
behaviour in transition countries. We examine the structure of ownership and the extent of ...
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Allocating lawmaking powers: Self-regulation vs government regulation

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P Grajzl… - Journal of Comparative Economics, 2007 - Elsevier
Self-regulation is common, but comparative analysis of self-regulation and government
regulation is rare. This paper identifies conditions determining whether regulation is
delegated or centralized, analyzing the welfare implications of regulatory regime choice. ...
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Industry characteristics and interest group formation: An empirical study

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B Kennelly… - Public Choice, 1991 - Springer
The role of interest groups in the political process has been the subject of much analysis in
both political science and economics. However, few studies have examined directly the
factors which influence the variation in interest group formation across industrial sectors ...
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Limitations on the use of information-revealing incentive schemes in economic organizations

J Miller… - Journal of Comparative Economics, 1981 - Elsevier
Abstract Hierarchical organizations often use formal information channels to facilitate
communication between center and subordinate units. Unfortunately subgoal pursuit may
lead subordinates to be dishonest when responding to information requests. One way to ...
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Which mechanisms support the fulfillment of sales agreements?: Asking decision-makers in firms

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K Hendley… - Economics Letters, 2003 - Elsevier
A new methodology measures the importance of different mechanisms for supporting
agreements. Romanian company directors were surveyed on a full complement of
mechanisms. Bilateralism is preponderant and law used extensively, with third parties less ...
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Politics and economics of Mongolia's privatization program

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G Korsun… - Asian Survey, 1995 - JSTOR
While decisions on the scope and speed of privatization remain central to the politics of most
of the ex-Soviet bloc, in Mongolia such decisions are now largely moot. Despite difficulties in
implementing many aspects of the reforms introduced after the elections of 1990, ...
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[CITATION] Digging again the family wells: A Freirean literacy framework as emancipatory pedagogy for African American children

PC Murrell Jr - Mentoring the mentor: A critical dialogue with Paulo …, 1997
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Community teachers: A conceptual framework for preparing exemplary urban teachers

PC Murrell Jr - Journal of Negro Education, 2000 - JSTOR
Page 1. Community Teachers: A Conceptual Framework for Preparing Exemplary Urban
Teachers Peter C. Murrell, Jr., Northeastern University In the last few years, the educational
establishment has experienced a groundswell of educational ...
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[BOOK] Race, culture and schooling: Identities of achievement in multicultural urban schools

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PC Murrell - 2008 - cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp
June 2008 Volume 12, Number 1. ...
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Agents of change or unchanging agents? The role of lawyers within Russian industrial enterprises

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K Hendley, P Murrell… - Law & Social Inquiry, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The transition from state socialism toward market capitalism has led to an almost endless
supply of new laws and legal institutions. Industrial enterprises need to adapt to this new
institutional regime. In-house lawyers are well placed to be agents of change in facilitating ...
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Do competition and ownership affect enterprise efficiency in the absence of market institutions? Evidence after privatization in Mongolia

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J Anderson, Y Lee… - 1999 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: Mongolia's mass privatization program was implanted in a country that lacked the
very basic institutions of capitalism. This paper examines the effects of competition and
ownership on the efficiency of the newly privatized enterprises, using a representative ...
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The culture of policy-making in the transition from socialism: Price policy in Mongolia

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P Murrell, KT Dunn… - Economic Development and Cultural …, 1996 - JSTOR
As explained in Section II, our treatment of culture is consistent with standard methodology
applied to a setting in which informational and learning processes are all important.'In fact,
our conclusions on Mongolian price policy exemplify Douglass C. North's point that" the ...
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[CITATION] An Evolutionary Perspective on Reform of the Eastern European Economies

P Murrell - College Park: The University of Maryland, …, 1990
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Toward social justice in urban education: A model of collaborative cultural inquiry in urban schools

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PC Murrell Jr - Equity & Excellence in Education, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
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[CITATION] Comment on The Institutions and Governance of Economic Development and Reform'by Williamson

P Murrell - Proceedings of the World Bank Annual Conference on …, 1994
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[PDF] The Comparative Structure of the Growth of the West German and British Manufacturing Industries

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P Murrell - The Political Economy of Growth, 1983 - econweb.umd.edu
For those who have i finn belief in the potential of economic growth for raising overall
economic welfare and reducing poverty, the study of comparative growth performance is a
vital area of research. However, such study has not been noted for its successes. For ...
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How to haggle and to stay firm: barter as hidden price discrimination

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E Magenheim… - Economic Inquiry, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
Barter transactions, conducted openly by established corporations, play an increasingly
significant role in the US economy. The model developed here helps explain why firms use
barter and yields predictions concerning the circumstances under which barter is likely to ...
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The performance of multiperiod managerial incentive schemes

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P Murrell - The American Economic Review, 1979 - JSTOR
A number of recently published articles have focused on the design of incentive schemes for
economic agents in planned economies.(See John Bonin; Liang-Shing Fan; Jeff Miller and
James Thornton; Martin Weitzman.) The incentive schemes have been designed with two ...
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Do Repeat Players Behave Differently in Russia-Contractual and Litigation Behavior of Russian Enterprises

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K Hendley, R Ryterman… - Law & Soc'y Rev., 1999 - HeinOnline
We examine whether Galanter's repeat player (RP) concept helps in deciphering the law-
related behavior of Russian enterprises. We adapt the RP concept to the Russian context
defining the Russian repeat player (RRP). Using data from 328 enterprises, we examine ...
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[PDF] Do'Repeat Players' Behave Differently in Russia? An Evaluation of Contractual and Litigation Behavior of Russian Enterprises

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K Hendley, P Murrell… - Law & Society Review, 1999 - Citeseer
Abstract We examine whether Galanter's “repeat player”(RP) concept helps in deciphering
the law-related behavior of Russian enterprises. We adapt the RP concept to the Russian
context defining the Russian repeat player (RRP). Using data from 328 enterprises, we ...
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Spatial spillovers in the development of institutions

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HH Kelejian, P Murrell… - University of Maryland, …, 2008 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: We examine spatial spillovers between countries in the development of institutions.
Our dependent variables are three measures of institutions that relate to politics, law, and
governmental administration. The major explanatory variable on which we focus is a ...
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Which enterprises (believe they) have soft budgets after mass privatization? Evidence from Mongolia

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J Anderson, G Korsun… - 1997 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: To ascertain the degree to which enterprises have soft budgets and to find the
causes of softness, we surveyed 251 privatized Mongolian enterprises, asking whether state
aid was expected when financial difficulties arose. One-quarter of the enterprises face soft ...
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The relative levels and the character of institutional development in transition economies

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P Murrell - Political economy of transition and development: …, 2003 - books.google.com
At present, there is no generally accepted accounting of the institutional strengths and
weaknesses of the transition economies. The first goal of the paper is to fill this gap by
assessing current levels of institutional development. Given that this assessment is quite ...
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[BOOK] Ownership and Governance on the Morning After: The Initial Results of Privatization in Mongolia

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G Korsun, P Murrell… - 1994 - pdf.usaid.gov
While the significance of the new ownership structure in these initial changes is apparent,
the governance structures inherited by the new owners are also of vital importance.
Mechanisms of control established during the turmoil of the privatization process could ...
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A methodology for testing comparative economic theories: Theory and application to East-West environmental policies

P Murrell… - Journal of Comparative Economics, 1991 - Elsevier
Abstract Many variables of interest to comparative economists are difficult to measure or are
unavailable for empirical research. To test for the effects of such variables, we offer a
methodology based on examining the bias that is introduced when such variables are ...
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[BOOK] The culture of policy making in the transition from socialism: price policy in Mongolia

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P Murrell, KT Dunn, G Korsun… - 1992 - pdf.usaid.gov
Summary The transformation from socialism gives economists a unique opportunity to
observe the effects of culture on policy. Until recently, today's reforming socialist countries
were intellectually and economically isolated from the capitalist world, and thus their ...
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The size of public employment: an empirical study

P Murrell - Journal of Comparative Economics, 1985 - Elsevier
Abstract Previous empirical studies of government have focused primarily on aggregate
financial measures of size. This analysis examines a different measure: the share of public
employment in total employment. In empirical tests on OECD countries for 1970 and 1980, ...
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[PDF] Institutions and transition

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P Murrell - The new Palgrave dictionary of economics, 2006 - econ-server.umd.edu
Abstract This essay examines the evolution of both institutions and economists' thinking on
institutions during transition. Early in transition, institutions were virtually ignored in the
majority of normative prescriptions, but were central in the evolutionary-institutional ...
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Public choice and the transformation of socialism

P Murrell - Journal of Comparative Economics, 1991 - Elsevier
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS 15, 203210 (1991) INTRODUCTION Public Choice
and the Transformation of Socialism PETER MURRELL University of Maryland, College
Park, Maryland 20742 Received March 13, 1990 Murrell, PeterPublic Choice and the ...
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Chartering the Village

PC Murrell - Urban Education, 1999 - uex.sagepub.com
Page 1. URBAN EDUCATION / JANUARY 1999 Murrell / AFRICAN-CENTERED
CHARTER SCHOOL CHARTERING THE VILLAGE The Making of an African-Centered
Charter School PETER C. MURRELL, JR. Northeastern University ...
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[BOOK] Reform's Rhetoric-Realization Relationship: The Experience of Mongolia

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P Murrell… - 1993 - pdf.usaid.gov
Although the paper's argument is a purely positive one, it does have normative implications.
A basic tenet of the radical approach to reform is that the implementation of reforms will be
more effective the more ambitious is their rhetoric. 1 If this is the case, little is to be gained ...
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Identifying Reticent Respondents: Assessing the Quality of Survey Data on Corruption and Values

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O Azfar… - Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2009 - JSTOR
Abstract We implement a methodology that identifies respondents who are reticent in
answering sensitive questions on surveys. The methodology entails asking a series of
randomized response questions and identifies the reticent as those who give a set of ...
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[CITATION] The effects of government decentralization during transition: evidence from enterprise-state relations in Mongolia

J Anderson, G Korsun… - POST SOVIET GEOGRAPHY AND …, 1997 - elibrary.ru
Поиск в библиотеке, Расширенный поиск. ...
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[DOC] Identifying reticent respondents: Assessing the quality of survey data on corruption and values

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O Azfar… - University of Maryland. Mimeo, 2005 - gc.cuny.edu
Randomized response methods, which were designed to elicit candid answers to sensitive
questions, have not succeeded in eliminating reticence in survey responses. We implement
a methodology that effectively stands the randomized response technique on its head, ...
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[CITATION] Price Policy in Mongolia: A Chronology of Developments

P Murrell, KT Dunn, G Korsun… - 1993 - National Council for Soviet and East …
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Assessing the value of law in transition economies: an introduction

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C Clement… - Assessing the value of law in transition …, 2001 - books.google.com
What role do law and legal institutions play in the economies that are in the midst of
revolutionary change away from centrally planned socialism? The essays in this book
address that question. The authors ask whether law can be effective in this rapidly ...
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Design and evolution in institutional development: the insignificance of the English Bill of Rights

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P Murrell - 2009 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: A fundamental question in economic development is how societies first acquire a
successful set of institutions. To examine this question, the paper focuses on a paradigmatic
example, England in the years surrounding the Glorious Revolution of 1688. North and ...
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The comparative structure of growth in the major developed capitalist nations

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P Murrell - Southern Economic Journal, 1982 - JSTOR
According to Energy Secretary David Howell, North Sea oil money is already beginning to
create an" interesting structural change" in the British economy. He said new British firms
servicing the multinational corporations drilling in the North Sea have not been ...
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Regional Analysis of Transactional Strategies of Russian Enterprises, A

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K Hendley, P Murrell… - McGill LJ, 1998 - HeinOnline
This article inquires into the attitude of Russian enterprises toward law and legal institutions
within the context of conflict resolution. The authors examine the regional variation in how
Russian enterprises do business with one another, focusing on specific strategies used to ...
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[CITATION] How does the transitional state behave? Evidence from retained state ownership in Mongolian privatization

G Korsun… - Planning, Shortage, and Transformation, 2000
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[CITATION] Assessing the value of law in the economic transition from socialism: an introduction

C Clement… - Assessing the Value of Law in …, 2001 - Ann Arbor: U. Michigan Press
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[HTML] Dispute Resolution in Russia: A Regional Perspective

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K Hendley… - WORLD BANK DISCUSSION PAPERS, 2002 - books.google.com
The reality of institutional performance often differs markedly from the assumptions of the
conventional wisdom. It is often even markedly different from the conventional wisdom held
by those in the knowledge business, such as academics, journalists, and policy ...
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Demand and supply in Romanian commercial courts: generating information for institutional reform

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P Murrell - 2001 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: Institutional reform is much emphasized in transition countries, but the process of
constructing workable institutions is not well understood. One element of this process that
has often been neglected is the generation of empirical information that can aid in the ...
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Planning and coordination of economic policy in market economies

P Murrell - Journal of Comparative Economics, 1979 - Elsevier
Abstract The purpose of the paper is to analyze the experience of capitalist countries in
implementing national economic planning. Planning procedures are examined in order to
ascertain whether plans have succeeded in coordinating economic policy. Five ...
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Punitive Damages for Contractual Breaches in Comparative Perspective: The Use of Penalties by Russian Enterprises

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K Hendley, P Murrell… - Wis. L. Rev., 2001 - HeinOnline
The remedies available for breach of contract vary among legal systems. In most European
countries, breaching parties may be required to pay punitive damages in addition to
compensating those left in the lurch for actual losses.'In the United States, by contrast, ...
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[CITATION] und Randi Ryterman. 1997-Observations on the Use of Law by Russian Enterprises

K Hendley, BW Ickes… - Po5t-5owei Affairs
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[CITATION] Making professional conduct in education more intelligent: Using knowledge and skills to enhance moral sensibilities (dispositions)

J Benninga, M Diez, E Dottin, S Feiman-Nemser… - Annual Meeting of the …, 2008
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[CITATION] The Effects of History, Ownership, and Pre-Privatization Restructuring on Post-Privatization Governance

G Korsun… - 1995 - … Paper 147. IRIS, College Park, Md
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[CITATION] Law, institutions, and property rights in China

D Clarke, P Murrell… - China's Economy: Retrospect and Prospect. Special …, 2005
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[CITATION] Privatization Complicates the Fresh Start'

P Murrell - Orbis, 1992 - elibrary.ru
... ИНФОРМАЦИЯ О ПУБЛИКАЦИИ. Название публикации, PRIVATIZATION COMPLICATES
THE FRESH START. Авторы, Peter Murrell. Журнал, Orbis. Издательство, JAI. Год выпуска,
1992, ISSN, 0030-4387. Том, 36, ИФ РИНЦ 2009, -. Номер, Цит. в РИНЦ, 0. ...
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[CITATION] Development of practice and teacher preparation in the age of education reform

PC Murrell Jr - Journal of Teacher Education, 2001 - jte.sagepub.com
Page 1. Journal of Teacher Education, Vol. 52, No. 1, January/February 2001 BOOK REVIEW
ESSAY DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTICE AND TEACHER PREPARATION IN THE AGE OF
EDUCATION REFORM Peter C. Murrell, Jr. Northeastern University ...
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[CITATION] Like stone soup

PC Murrell Jr - The role of the professional development school in the …, 1998
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The relative levels and the character of institutional development in transition economies

P Murrell - 2002 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: At present, there is no generally accepted accounting of the institutional strengths
and weaknesses of the transition economies. The first goal of the paper is to fill this gap by
assessing current levels of institutional development. The second is to examine which ...
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[CITATION] The politics and economics of Mongolia's privatization program: a brief history

G Korsun, P Murrell… - 1994 - … and the Informal Sector, University of …
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[PDF] What is shock therapy? What did it do in Poland and Russia

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P Murrell - Transition to the Market Economy: Critical Perspectives …, 1997 - macalester.edu
Abstract The paper considers Russian reforms within the wider debate on the advisability of
shock therapy programs. The vision of political and economic processes implicit in shock
therapy is analyzed and critiqued using a comparison with an alternative, evolutionary ...
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The Applicability of information-revealing incentive schemes in economic organizations

P Murrell… - Journal of Comparative Economics, 1984 - Elsevier
Abstract The applicability in centrally planned economies of bonus functions that are
designed to encourage subordinates to report information honestly is evaluated. If central
planners seek Pareto-efficient outcomes, a unique bonus function and therefore a unique ...
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The Microeconomic Efficiency Argument for Socialism Revisited

P Murrell - Journal of Economic Issues, 1981 - JSTOR
In a recent article, James A. Yunker presented a challenging new argument on the relative
efficiencies of capitalism and socialism. 1 It is based on the widespread existence of the
separation of ownership and control in modern capitalism. With such separation, Yunker ...
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[CITATION] Peremptory Privatization

P Murrell - AEA Annual Conference, Boston, 1994
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[CITATION] End of the Tunnel

BW Ickes, P Murrell… - The Effects of Financial Stabilization in Russia, 1997
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[CITATION] The Interactions of Donors, Contractors, and Recipients in Aid Projects: Improving the Effectiveness of Contracting and Project Evaluation

P Murrell - Evaluation Unit of the European Commission, Joint …, 1999
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[CITATION] The reach of law into the enterprise in transition

R Ryterman, K Hendley, B Ickes… - World Bank, May-June, 1996
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[CITATION] The Nature of Socialism: Lessons from East European Foreign Trade

P Murrell - 1990 - Princeton: Princeton University …
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