An Economic Comparison of Post-Communist States to Others in Europe
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2017-05-12Author
Foster, Ashley
Advisor(s)
Simmons, James
Krueger, James
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Communism fell in Europe in 1989, making it necessary for European countries
that had been communist to transition to market-based systems and more democratic
regimes in the years following. It has been over 25 years since the fall of the Berlin
Wall, which began the reforms in post-communist countries. The purpose of this
study is to analyze how the economies of these post-communist European countries
compare to other European countries between the years of 2002 and 2007, after this
period of transition. The results suggest that post-communist countries experienced
more economic growth during the period studied. The results also indicated that less
democratic states experienced more economic growth than states that were more
democratic.
Subject
Economic growth
European economies
Communism