IMF Working Papers

The Output Decline in the Aftermath of Reform: The Cases of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, and Romania

By Jonathan David Ostry, Eduardo Borensztein, Dimitri G Demekas

July 1, 1992

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Jonathan David Ostry, Eduardo Borensztein, and Dimitri G Demekas. The Output Decline in the Aftermath of Reform: The Cases of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, and Romania, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1992) accessed December 3, 2024
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Summary

This paper analyzes the declines in economic activity experienced by Bulgaria, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (CSFR), and Romania in the period since the initiation of market-oriented reforms in these countries. The paper reviews developments in the three countries and empirically investigates two questions that are key to the interpretation of the output decline: First, to what extent does the output fall reflect “structural change” (or a reallocation of resources across sectors) rather than a conventional recession? Second, to what extent have demand-side or supply-side forces been dominant in generating the output decline?

Subject: Comparative advantage, Economic sectors, Employment, Energy pricing, Expenditure, Exports, Industrial sector, International trade, Labor

Keywords: Comparative advantage, Eastern Europe, Economic activity, Economic system, Employment, Energy pricing, Enterprise manager, Exports, Industrial sector, Output change, Output decline, Price reform, Price-output correlation, Privatization program, Supply and demand, U.S. dollar, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    60

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1992/059

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0591992

  • ISBN:

    9781451965711

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

Notes

Also published in Staff Papers, Vol. 40, No. 1, March 1993.

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