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Moving Away from the Command Economy in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

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Economics of Institutional Change

Part of the book series: Studies in Economic Transition ((SET))

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This chapter presents an overview of what became known as “transition” and sets the scene for the rest of the book by highlighting the diversity of experiences across the region and discussing key indicators. We discuss the stylised facts of transition, and the long term effect on the population based on the happiness literature.

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  1. School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, London, UK

    Elodie Douarin

  2. Aston Business School, Aston University, Birminghan, UK

    Tomasz Mickiewicz

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Douarin, E., Mickiewicz, T. (2017). Moving Away from the Command Economy in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. In: Economics of Institutional Change. Studies in Economic Transition. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-29128-7_1

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