Inter-Enterprise Arrears in a Post-Command Economy: Thoughts From a Romanian Perspective

May 1, 1994

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Daniel Daianu. Inter-Enterprise Arrears in a Post-Command Economy: Thoughts From a Romanian Perspective, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1994) accessed December 24, 2024

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Summary

The paper considers that strain is the main source of inter-enterprise arrears in post-command economies. Strain can be linked with the structure of the economy and the size of resource misallocation. Inter-enterprise arrears “soften” markets and operate as a self-protecting device against the pressure for change. As temporary quasi-inside money, arrears fuel inflation. A paradox of policy credibility in undertaking structural adjustment is emphasized. Rising exports can be a possible side effect of arrears and a constraining factor: the size of the economy is seen as affecting the relationship between arrears and exports. An operational framework for containing arrears would Include: “breaking up” structure; Imposing a disciplining “straitjacket” on structure; industrial policy (“picking losers among losers”) and targeted external assistance. Containing arrears can not be a one shot policy-drive; here one deals with a process that will overlap in time with the evolving environment.

Subject: Arrears, Budget planning and preparation, Currencies, Exports, External debt, Financial services, Inflation, International trade, Prices, Public financial management (PFM), Real interest rates

Keywords: Arrears, Budget planning and preparation, Eastern Europe, Enterprise behavior, Enterprise reform, Enterprises running, Exports, Freedom enterprise, Inflation, Inter-enterprise arrears, Market economy, Nonviable enterprise, Real interest rates, Structural adjustment, Western Europe, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

30
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Series:

Working Paper No. 1994/054
Stock No:

WPIEA0541994
ISBN:

9781451847451
ISSN:

1018-5941

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