Transition and beyond : essays in honor of Mario Nuti edited by Saul Estrin, Grzegorz W. Kolodko, Milica Uvalic

The socialist legacy -- The rise and fall of socialist planning / Michael Ellman -- Life cycle of the centrally planned economy: why Soviet growth rates peaked in the 1950s / Vladimir Popov -- Are transition economies normal developing countries? The burden of the socialist past / Michael Keren and Gur Ofer -- Transition: from socialism to capitalism -- Growth, initial conditions, law and speed of privatization in transition countries: 11 years later / Sergio Godoy and Joseph E. Stiglitz -- Skills and the transition / Simon Commander -- Financial transition in Central and Eastern Europe, a note / Marcello de Cecco -- Investment, wages and corporate governance during the transition: evidence from Slovenian firms / Janez Prasnikar and Jan Svejnar -- How different is Serbia? / Milica Uvalic -- The search for identity: where is Russia heading? / Padma Desai -- The effects of privatization on company performance in Belarus / Saul Estrin, Marina Bakanova, Igor Pelipas and Sergei Pukovich -- Beyond transition -- Complexity and systemic failure / Vito Tanzi -- Risk management and systemic risk / John Eatwell -- Optimal transition trajectories? / Laszlo Csaba -- The great post-communist change and uncertain future of the world / Grzegorz W. Kolodko