Hungary: An Economy in Transition (Hardcover)

1. Introduction Istvan P. Szekely and David M. G. Newbery; Part I. Foreign Trade: 2. Economic consequences of Soviet disintegration for Hungary Laszlo Czaba; 3. Regional cooperation in East-Central Europe Kalman Mizsei; 4. Export supply and import demand in Hungary: an econometric analysis for 1968?1989 Laszlo Halpern and Istvan P. Szekely; Discussion of Part I Renzo Daviddi; Part II. Privatization and Competition Policy: 5. 10 percent already sold: privatization in Hungary Zsigmond Jarai; 6. Hungary: a unique approach to privatization - past, present and future Peter Mihalyi; 7. Competition policy in transition Janos Stadler; Discussion of Part II John P. Bonin, Rumen Dobrinsky and Paul Seabright; Part III. The Financial System and Private Savings: 8. Short-run money market model of Hungary Julia Kiraly; 9. The modernisation of the Hungarian banking sector Eva Varhegyi; 10. Changing structure of household portfolios in emerging market economics: the case of Hungary, 1970?1989 Istvan Abel and Istvan P. Szekely; Discussion of Part III John P. Bonin, Lucian Ionescu and Colin Mayer; Part IV. Foreign Debt and Monetary Policy: 11. Hungary's foreign debt controversies and macroeconomic problems Gabor Oblath; 12. Managing foreign debt and monetary policy Werner Riecke; Discussion of Part IV L. Alan Winters and Richard Portes; Part V. Legislative and Tax Reform: 13. A legal framework for the Hungarian transition, 1989?1991 Tamas Sarkozy; 14. Tax reform in Hungary Jeno Koltay; Discussion of Part V Athar Hussain; Part VI. Labour Markets, Unemployment and Social Security: 15. The transformation of shop floor bargaining in Hungarian industry Janos Kollo; 16. The social security crisis in Hungary Maria Augusztinovics; Discussion of Part VI David M. G. Newbery and David Winter; Part VII. State Desertion: 17. State desertion and convertibility; the case of Hungary Istvan Abel and John P. Bonin; Discussion of Part VII David Begg and R. E. Rowthorn; Conclusion Sir Adam Ridley.