Toward Comparative Transition Economics: A Meta-Analysis of the 20-Year History of Post-Communist Transition to a Market Economy

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23243032
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic theory
• Research Institution: Hitotsubashi University
• Principal Investigator: IWASAKI Ichiro 一橋大学, 経済研究所, 教授 (70323904)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): UEGAKI Akira 西南学院大学, 経済学部, 教授 (70176577) ; KUMO Kazuhiro 一橋大学, 経済研究所, 教授 (70314896) ; SUGIURA Fumikazu 帝京大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (60377041) ; SUZUKI Taku 帝京大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (10509152) ; TOKUNAGA Masahiro 関西大学, 商学部, 准教授 (30368196) ; HORIE Norio 富山大学, 極東地域研究センター, 教授 (50302245) ; MIZOBATA Satoshi 京都大学, 経済研究所, 教授 (30239264)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 比較経済 / 移行経済 / 市場経済化 / メタ分析 / 旧ソ連・中東欧

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project aimed to develop research in comparative transition economics in Japan through a meta-analysis of the 25-year history of the systemic transformation toward market economies in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. More specifically, we conducted a comprehensive study of the literature on transition economies published during the past quarter century and reexamine the relationship between its theoretical implications and empirical evidence. In doing so, we focused on the most heated controversies, including choices of transition strategies, the social impacts of economic transformation, integration into the world economy, and enterprise restructuring. Main research outcomes were published in Japanese and international refereed journals.

Free Research Field

移行経済論