Please join Oakland University in welcoming Professor Jan Svejnar (U. of Michigan) to campus on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 at 3:00 pm in 242 Elliott Hall (campus map).
In his paper on transition economics, Professor Svejnar provides an overall assessment of the strategies and outcomes of the first dozen years of the transition, as well as an outline of the principal challenges faced by these economies. In presenting data and examples, the author focuses primarily on comparing the experience of the five central European countries - the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia - with the experience of Russia.
Professor Svejnar received his Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University in 1979. Since 1996 he has been at the University of Michigan, serving as the Executive Director of the William Davidson Institute, the Everett E. Berg Professor at the Business School and Professor in the Economics Department. He is the Chairman of the Executive and Supervisory Committee of CERGE-EI in Prague and also serves as Associate Editor of The Economics of Transition. Between 1995 and 2002, he served as co-director of the Transition Economics Programme at the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London.
His research focuses on the functioning of labor markets, the effect of government policy on firms’ performance, and the behavior of multinational corporations, joint ventures and local firms in transition and emerging market economies. His publications have appeared in many journals, including Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Economic Perspectives, The Review of Economics and Statistics, American Economic Review, European Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, and Econometrica.
This event is open to the public at no charge. For more information, contact Professor Addington Coppin, chair, Department of Economics (248-370-3541).
Consult Professor Svejnar's web page at the William Davidson Institute for links to selected working papers. In addition, follow the links below to access Professor Svejnar's journal articles and book chapters that are owned by Kresge Library.
Online articles & book chapters by Dr. Svejnar (available to OU students, faculty and staff)
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Objectives and Constraints of Entrepreneurs: Evidence
from Small and Medium Size Enterprises in Russia and Bulgaria (with
Francesca Pissarides & Miroslav Singer),
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| Investment,
Credit Rationing, and the Soft Budget Constraint: Evidence
from Czech Panel Data (with Lubomir Lizal),
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| Enterprise
Breakups and Performance during the Transition from Plan
to Marke
(with Lubomir Lizal & Miroslav Singer),
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| Economics Ph.D. Education in Central and Eastern Europe, Comparative Economic Studies v42, n2 (Summer 2000): 37-50. |
| Unemployment
and the Social Safety Net during Transitions to a Market
Economy: Evidence from the Czech and Slovak Republics
(with John C. Ham & Katherine Terrell),
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| Enterprises
and Workers in the Transition: Econometric Evidence,
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| The
Emergence of Unemployment in the Czech and Slovak Republics (with
John Ham & Katherine Terrell),
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| Wage
Determination in Labor-Managed Firms under Market-Oriented
Reforms: Estimates of Static and Dynamic Models (with
Saul Estrin),
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| Czechoslovakia:
Recent Economic Developments and Prospects (with
Karel Dyba),
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| Workers'
Participation in Management vs. Social Ownership and Government
Policies: Yugoslav Lessons for Transforming Socialist
Economies (with Janez Prasnikar),
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| "The Transition Is Not Over, but Note the Merits of the Central European Model" in When is transition over?, Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 1999: 77-98. |
| Microeconomic
Issues in the Transition to a Market Economy,
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| Optimal
Membership, Employment, and Income Distribution in Unionized
and Labor-Managed Firms (with Frans Spinnewyn),
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| Market
Imperfections, Labor Management, and Earnings Differentials
in a Developing Country: Theory and Evidence from Yugoslavia (with
Saul Estrin & Robert E. Moore),
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| Bargaining
Power, Fear of Disagreement, and Wage Settlements: Theory
and Evidence from U.S. Industry, |
| Participation,
Profit Sharing, Worker Ownership and Efficiency in Italian
Producer Cooperative (with Derek c. Jones),
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| The
Economics of Joint Ventures in Less Developed Countries (with
Stephen C. Smith),
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| Relative
Wage Effects of Unions, Dictatorship and Codetermination:
Econometric Evidence from Germany, |
| On
the Empirical Testing of the Nash-Zeuthen Bargaining Solution,
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Other book chapters and articles by Dr. Svejnar available in Kresge Library (in print)
| "Transition
Economies: Performance and Challenges,"
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| "Stabilization and Transition in Czechoslovakia" (with Karel Dyba), The transition in Eastern Europe, Volume 1. Country studies. Chicago & London: U. of Chicago Press, 1994: 93-118. |
| "The Performance Effects of Employee Ownership Plans" (with Michael A. Conte), in Paying for productivity: A look at the evidence (1990), Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1990: 143-72. |
| "The
Productivity Effects of Worker Participation: Producer
Cooperatives in Western Economies" (with Derek C.
Jones & Saul Estrin),
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| "On
the Theory of a Participatory Firm,"
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| "The Economics of Joint Ventures in Centrally Planned and Labor-Managed Economies" (with Stephen C. Smith), Journal of Comparative Economics v6, n2 (June 1982): 148-72. |
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