CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Khisamutdzinava, Inha |
|---|---|
| Title | Divergent Baltic paths to the EU: Estonia and Lithuania compared |
| Summary | The issue of economic growth has been addressed in numerous frameworks by various authors, such as Kornai, Kolodko, Csaba, Aslund, Ellman, etc. The countries of post-communist camp have passed a long way since the collapse of the centralized command system, which determined certain type of economic relations between states and its agents and political structure. Some states were more successful and managed to surpass the soviet heritage and joined the EU in short term (the Baltic states, Visegrad countries), the others still face numerous problems. The experience accumulated by the “winners” provides useful hints in what way the policies should be conducted. However, it is apparent that as long as all countries are different, a single approach cannot be applied to all of them. Therefore, the analytical approach, which will take into account country’s peculiarity, is needed. The present work will examine the Baltic success in historical perspective as well as in the light of financial crisis. The main claim of the work is that it is not correct about path/ trajectory optimality, since both “shock therapy” and gradualism proved to be efficient. The tactic of transformation does not matter a lot; it is the commitment to the structural reforms what determines the successful transition. |
| Supervisor | Csaba Laszlo |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/khisamutdzinava_inha.pdf |
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