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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450526503321

Autore

Winiecki Jan.

Titolo

Transition economies and foreign trade / / Jan Winiecki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

0-429-22890-2

1-134-52602-4

1-280-06878-7

0-203-16459-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies of societies in transition ; ; 17

Disciplina

382/.0947

Soggetti

Exports - Europe, Eastern

Exports - Europe, Central

International trade

Electronic books.

Europe, Eastern Commerce

Europe, Central Commerce

Europe, Eastern Economic conditions 1989-

Europe, Central Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-143) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The legacy of the communist past and its impact on foreign trade in transition; Foreign trade adjustment in early transition; Successes of trade reorientation and trade expansion: an enterprise-level approach; Institutions and foreign trade reorientation: how much impact upon performance?; Post-transition foreign trade problems and prospects: the economics and political economy of accession; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Transition Economies and Foreign Trade makes the bold claim to have solved puzzles that have hindered the subject for years. By taking the distortions of the Communist era into consideration, Winiecki has explained the phenomenon of the decline in output and trade, as well as explaining the dual commodity nature of exports in the early



transition phase.The book's intriguing analyses include:*the legacy of the Communist past upon foreign trade transition*the reorientation of exports from the East to the West *trade and exchange rate regimes and their impact upon foreign