A Study on Economic Reform in Central and Eastern Europe:With the Czech Republic as an Example

• Main Authors: Meng-Yung Chang, 張孟湧
• Other Authors: Cen-Chu Shen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/92479275902665369392

碩士 === 國立中興大學 === 國際政治研究所 === 94 === During the late 18th century, the countries in Central and Eastern Europe experienced “The third wave democratization.” One after another, the former socialism countries gave up central planned economic system and transit to free-market economic system. The academia calls this phenomenon “economic transition.” The success of the transition not only influenced the people’s livelihood but also the success of political transition. It even influenced the peace in Central and Eastern Europe and the expansion of European Union toward the east. Therefore, economic transition of the socialism countries in Central and Eastern Europe is an imperative issue for long term research. This dissertation expects to examine the economic reform of the Czech Republic, and broach the problems to be solved influence economic development in the country. So, this dissertation discusses and analysis the following three issues : First, the theory and practice of the radical economic transition model, Shock Therapy; Second, the progress and evaluation of the economic transition of the Czech Republic; Third, the economic crises and opportunities following the economic transition in the Czech Republic. There are two main findings in this dissertation. First, the Czech Republic did achieve the goals of continuous economic growth and increasing national income after more than ten years of economic reform. Moreover, it is the most successful country in attracting foreign investments among the transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe. In 2005, Czech Republic ranked the 7th in attracting foreign capitals. Second, there are several economic development barriers that Czech Republic has to overcome, including the appreciation pressure of CZK, domestic political stability, raising prices of oil and other raw materials, structural unemployment, etc.