... that the consequences of Russian privatization were quite different from the forecasted ones. Because the new class of owners were regarded as illegitimate, lacked clear property rights, and ran conglomerates immersed in a command economy these owners, that is, oligarchs, were easily subdued by the state...

...P. Goorha The article develops a simple framework for a discussion of the structure of property rights in the Russian economy. The framework suggests how barter and enterprise restructuring can be evaluated simultaneously with political motivation. Using the notion of politicians with inefficient...

... The Regents of the University of California China Dams Emerging infections Parasitic diseases Property rights Public health Resettlement Schistosomiasis Three Gorges Water power Yangtze River Communist and Post-Communist Studies 33 (2000) 223 241 Resettlement for China s Three Gorges Dam...

...Russell Smyth This paper explores China's experience with property rights reform. In contrast to most countries in East Central Europe and the former Soviet Union, China has experimented with different ownership forms and this has been quite successful. Over the last two decades China has had...