Svejnar The Czech Republic and Economic Transition in Eastern Europe

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4832-8923-6
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 434 Seiten, Web PDF

The Czech Republic and Economic Transition in Eastern Europe is the first in-depth, comparative analysis of the Czech Republic's economic transition after the fall of the Communist bloc. Edited by Jan Svejnar,a principal architect of the Czech economic transformation and Economic Advisor to President Vaclav Havel, the book poses important questions about the Republic and its partners in Central and Eastern Europe. The thirty-five essayists describe the country's macroeconomic performance; its development of capital markets; the structure and performance of its industries; its unemployment, household behavior, and income distribution; and the environmental and health issues it faces.In this in-depth, comparative analysis of the Czech Republic's economic transition, an international team of thirty-five economists examine the Republic and its partners in Central and Eastern Europe. Important questions and issues permeate the essays. For example, prior to 1939 the Czech Republic possessed the most advanced economy in the region; is it capable of reestablishing its dominance? Relative to its neighbors, the Republic ranks especially high on some transition-related performance indicators but low on others. What economic effects are related to the 1993 dissolution of the Czech and Slovak governments? And what can be learned by comparing the economic outcomes of two countries that shared legal and institutional frameworks? Data describe the country's macroeconomic performance; its development of capital markets; the structure and performance of its industries; its unemployment, household behavior, and income distribution; and the environmental and health issues facing it. Its most important contributions are its clarifications of the transition process.The authors included in Transforming Czechoslovakia combine the best available data and techniques of economic analysis to assess the replacement of the inefficient but internally consistent central planning system with a more efficient market system. These authors, among whom are central European economic analysts, senior U.S. economists, and Czechoslovakian professors and economic researchers, discuss the country's macroeconomic performance; its development of capital markets; the structure and performance of its industries; its unemployment, household behavior, and income distribution; and the environmental and health issues facing it. The essays vary between presentations of history and policy and technical examinations of data. Together they offer the most comprehensive and detailed assessment of the country's economic transformation in print.This book is important because its essayists compile results and reach conclusions that are broad and credible. The empirical data were gathered on the ground and have been subjected to advanced methodologies, including game theory, industrial organization, and Granger-Sims causality.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Svejnar, Jan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Eyes and Education;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;FOREWORD;8
6;PREFACE;9
7;Chapter I. THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE VISUAL ORGANS;12
8;Chapter II. HOW TO RECOGNISE EYE DEFECTS AND HELP TO TREAT THEM;17
8.1;(1) THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY RECOGNITION;17
8.2;(2) WAYS IN WHICH EYE DEFECTS PRESENT;18
8.3;(3) TREATMENT;22
8.4;(4) KEEPING SPECIAL PLACES IN THE CLASS FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN;24
9;Chapter III. VISION AND GLASSES;26
9.1;(1) VISUAL ACUITY;26
9.2;(2) REFRACTIVE ERRORS;28
9.3;(3) THE CORRECTION OF REFRACTIVE ERRORS;39
10;Chapter IV. EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH COMMON VISUAL DEFECTS;42
10.1;(1) DEFECTS OF THE VISUAL FIELDS;42
10.2;(2) SQUINT AND OTHER DISORDERS OF EYE MOVEMENTS;50
10.3;(3) COLOUR VISION;62
10.4;(4) WORD BLINDNESS AND VISUOSPATIAL DEFECTS;66
11;Chapter V. COMMON CAUSES OF SORE EYES;68
11.1;(1) CONJUNCTIVITIS;68
11.2;(2) INFECTIONS OF THE LIDS;71
11.3;(3) EYE STRAIN;73
12;Chapter VI. DIAGNOSIS IN THE CLASSROOM;74
13;APPENDIX I: VISUAL ACUITY;77
14;APPENDIX II: METHODS OF MEASURING VISUAL ACUITY;78
15;APPENDIX III;81
15.1;(1) CONTACT LENSES;81
15.2;(2) INTRAOCULAR LENSES;81
16;APPENDIX IV: DYSLEXIA (Word Blindness);82
17;GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS;84
18;INDEX;88