Download or read book Macroeconomic Stabilization in Transition Economies written by Mario I. Blejer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-03-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this volume explore the special type of policies that were needed in the post-socialist countries of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union in order to reduce inflation and to stop the fall in output that followed the collapse of Communism. The book contains a number of general studies that discuss the type of reforms needed and how they condition policies and analyze the aggregate relationship between reducing inflation, implementing structural reforms, and renewing the process of growth.