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Political Economy of Reforms

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In this chapter, the focus is on the determinants of reforms and the linkages between the political system, reforms, and economic growth. We ask whether democracy was good for reforms, and for which reform in particular.

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  1. School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, London, UK

    Elodie Douarin

  2. Aston Business School, Aston University, Birminghan, UK

    Tomasz Mickiewicz

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Douarin, E., Mickiewicz, T. (2017). Political Economy of Reforms. In: Economics of Institutional Change. Studies in Economic Transition. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-29128-7_4

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