Institutions, Human Development and Economic Growth in Transition Economies - (Studies in Economic Transition) by P Tridico (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

This book analyses the development path of transition economies in European Countries and former Soviet Republics that have experienced the transformation from planned economies to market economies since the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989. It examines economic growth, institutional change and human development performance.

About the Author

PASQUALE TRIDICO is Assistant Professor at the University Roma Tre, Italy. Whilst studying for his PhD on transition economics, he was Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Sussex, UK, and at the University of Warsaw, Poland. He spent three years conducting post-doctoral research on a European Union project, working at Trinity College, Dublin, Newcastle University and Lancaster University. In the autumn of 2009 he was Visiting Research Scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is external Research Associate at Trinity College, Dublin, and member of the EAEPE Council. He is currently Fulbright Scholar at New York University.