Economies in Transition / Studies in Development Economics and Policy (PDF)

ERIK BERGLÖF Chief Economist and Special Adviser to the President at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ELIZABETH BRAINERD Susan and Barton Winokur Professor of Economics and Women's and Gender Studies, Brandeis University, USA
LÁSZLÓ BRUSZT Head of the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy
LISE BRUYNOOGHE Analyst at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
NAURO F. CAMPOS Professor of Economics and finance at Brunel University, UK

GIOVANNI ANDREA CORNIA teaches Economics at the University of Florence, Italy, and prior to that he was the Director of UNU-WIDER in Helsinki, Finland
LIRE ERSADO Senior economist at the World Bank
JAN FIDRMUC Senior Lecturer in economics at Brunel University, UK, and Research Fellow at the CESIfo Instite, Munich, Germany
HEIKE HARMGART Principal economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
JÁNOS KORNAI Professor of Economics Emeritus at Harvard University, USA
CHARLES MAIER is the Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History at Harvard University, USA and a member of its Center for European Studies, which he directed from 1994 to 2001
BRANKO MILANOVIC Lead economist in the World Bank Research Department, and adjunct professor at the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, USA
GUR OFER Professor Emeritus at the Department of Economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
KATHARINA PISTOR Michael I. Sovern Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, USA
LEONID POLISHCHUK Professor of Economics at the Higher School of Economics, National Research University in Moscow, Russia
RICHARD POMFRET Professor of Economics at the University of Adelaide, Australia, and Associate Fellow, Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne (Axe Développement et Mondialisation), France
VLADIMIR POPOV Adviser in the the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and a professor at the New Economic School in Moscow,

'There were pleasant and unpleasant surprises in the transition process. It certainly did not occur in a vacuum and this volume, by some of the best experts on the subject, helps shed light on long-run trends in former socialist countries.' - Václav Havel, former President of Czechoslovakia (1989-1992) and President of the Czech Republic (1993-2003)

'This is an excellent volume on the transition process from central planning to a market economy. Reflecting the views of many of the most distinguished analysts, the book provides a mature perspective on one of the most important economic phenomena of the 20th and 21st century. It is a must read for anyone interested in understanding the transition.' - Jan Svejnar, Director of the International Policy Center at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan.