U.S.- Central/East European Collaborative Research: Making Competitive Markets in Central and Eastern Europe: The Impact of Market Openness and Physical Infrastructure

这是一个美国-中欧/东欧合作研究项目，重点是中欧和东欧的竞争市场。主要调查人员是华盛顿美国大学的Robert Feinberg和Mieke Meurs、保加利亚国家统计局的Sergey Tsvetarsky、新保加利亚大学的Stefan Stefanov和波兰克拉科夫雅盖隆大学的Krzysztof Gorlach，本项目将审查市场自由化（通过法律的/体制改革）和国内基础设施在促进竞争性国内市场方面的作用。 该项目的第一部分是一项统计研究，利用现有数据集研究“直通式”在七个中欧和东欧国家的渗透情况。 该项目的第二部分涉及收集波兰市一级的当地数据，以研究基础设施的发展。 这两个“项目”可以提供有趣的见解现代化的经济基础设施在这些国家的问题和这些发展对私营部门市场的发展可能产生的影响。这个经济学研究项目实现了汇集美国和中央/地区领先专家的计划目标。- 东欧将在平等、互惠和互利的基础上，在具有强烈共同利益和能力的领域，将联合收割机的互补努力和能力结合起来。

This is a U.S.-Central/East European cooperative research project that will focus on competitive markets in Central and Easter Europe. The principal investigators are Robert Feinberg and Mieke Meurs from American University in Washington, DC, Sergey Tsvetarsky from the National Statistical Office in Bulgaria, Stefan Stefanov from the New Bulgarian University and Krzysztof Gorlach from Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.This project will examine the roles of market liberalization (through legal/institutional changes) and domestic infrastructure in promoting competitive domestic markets. The first part of the project is a statistical study using existing data sets to study "passthrough" penetration in seven Central and East European countries. The second part of the project involves collecting local data at the municipal level in Poland to study infrastructure development. These two 'projects' could provide interesting insights into the problems of modernizing the economic infrastructure in these countries and the possible implications these developments have on the development of private sector markets.This project in economics research fulfills the program objectives of bringing together leading experts in the U.S. and Central/Eastern Europe to combine complementary efforts and capabilities in areas of strong mutual interest and competence on the basis of equality, reciprocity, and mutuality of benefit.