ab ovo usque ad mala: Checking In

21 December 2007

Checking In

Just checking in for those who are interested. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

5 comments:

Twba said...: Long time no see, Gary. May this year be better than the last.; 01 January, 2008 02:12
VikingMoose said...: Happy New Year!; 01 January, 2008 12:28
Grotius said...: Thanks!; 08 January, 2008 23:45
Anonymous said...: Hay, Gary! Happy New Year!; 16 January, 2008 19:25
VikingMoose said...: Hay Smacky!

Hay Gary:
(it's not a free article, but the abstract seems interesting)
ici:
The Great Divide Revisited: Ottoman and Habsburg Legacies on Transition

VALENTINA P. DIMITROVA-GRAJZL
Central European University, Department of Public Policy
Kyklos, Vol. 60, Issue 4, pp. 539-558, November 2007

Abstract:
The former socialist countries of South East and Central Europe exhibit great variation in institutional quality. Unlike the sparse existing literature, I claim that the variation can be explained by the legacies of the Ottoman and Habsburg Empires. I identify historical legacies of the Empires, which have affected the current institutional quality of the successor states. I show empirically that the Empires' legacies are key determinants of institutional quality, and that the Habsburg successors have institutions that are more efficient in a market economy than the Ottoman successors. In contrast, I find an insignificant effect of socialism on institutional quality.; 18 January, 2008 11:11

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