Lies, damned lies, and the EBRD's transition indicators

EBRD is celebrating its 20th birthday at its 2011 Annual Meeting in Astana. We join the crowds of well-wishers with a comment in Bankwatch Mail 48. Happy birthday, EBRD!

Bankwatch Mail 48 can be downloaded also as a PDF.

Update: A revised version published in Competition and Change, 16(1), pp. 69-75.

'Swans Reflecting Elephants' and other reviews of Transition Economies

First reviews of Transition economies, including the one by Heiko Fritz that could be entitled 'Swans Reflecting Elephants', can be found here.

International Integration, Varieties of Capitalism, and Resilience to Crisis in Transition Economies

I was working, together with Martin Myant, for a longer period of time on a paper that analyses the impact of the economic crisis from 2008 across all transition economies. The paper, forthcoming in Europe-Asia Studies, can be downloaded here:
http://ssrn.com/abstract=1744726.

Update: The paper has been finally published. Europe-Asia Studies has highlighted it as 'Topical for 2012' and it will be available free in 2012 via the journal's website.

'Essential reading'

The Economist discusses Transition economies in a post Essential reading: The economists' verdict on its Eastern Approaches.

Kriteko

The blog Kriteko Kritická ekonómia has been just launched. It will comment on topical political and economic issues in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (in Czech and Slovak). I am glad to be among its contributors. Other authors constitute an interesting bunch of distinguished economists and academics. Internet daily Referendum will be its partner in the Czech Republic. They run an article about the blog. They have also published a commentary by the editor of Kriteko.