Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2016, 62(9):407-420 | DOI: 10.17221/18/2016-AGRICECON

Formation of the theoretical framework for the comparative analysis of post-socialist countriesOriginal Paper

Eva CIHELKOVA
Faculty of Economics and Business, Pan-European University in Bratislava, Slovak Republic

The beginning of the 90s was accompanied by revolutionary changes in the world economy. Newly created incentives for the comparative economics/economy were tackling, inter alia, the post-socialist countries, that were already exposed to the transformation and reform processes. Models of economic systems formed in this period have initiated a great discussion among the relevant stakeholders. This fruitful discussion has led to the creation of a number of model approaches, focusing on the definition of a common theoretical framework for the comparative analysis and its further applications within the surrounding of particularly advanced concrete modern economies. The presented paper contains newly emerged approaches, the so-called varieties of capitalism. The aim of the paper is: To explore the approaches typical for "the varieties of capitalism", that could be considered as the mainstream over the last 25 years, and to deliver their review; then to map the approaches how the models of economic systems of post-socialist countries are defined, and to answer a question, whether the varieties of capitalism can be used for the comparative analysis of economic systems of these countries.

Keywords: comparative economics, comparative economy, model of economic systems, economic system, varieties of capitalism, models of post-socialist countries

Published: September 30, 2016  Show citation

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