In this paper we test the effects of ownership, competition and disorganisation on firm level employment dynamics using a unique data set of 150 Russian and 300 Ukrainian firms. Our results, in contrast to findings in ...
Most post-communist economies are characterized by an initial collapse in
aggregate output. Blanchard and Kremer (1997) and Roland and Verdier (1997)
have recently modelled supply-side distortions — disorganization in ...