TY - BOOK AU - Blanchard, Olivier J. TI - The Economics of Post-Communist Transition SN - 0-19-829399-2 PY - 1998/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - economic development KW - economic system KW - economic reform KW - post-communist countries KW - transition KW - Eastern Europe KW - Central Europe N2 - Transition in Central and Eastern Europe has led to a U‐shaped response of output, that is, a sharp decline in output followed by recovery. Six years after the beginning of transition, most of the countries of Central Europe now seem firmly on the upside. Most of the countries of Eastern Europe are still close to the bottom of the U; an optimistic view is that they are now negotiating the turn ER -