Public Support for Economic Transition

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Authors

COUFALOVÁ Lucie KOLAJTOVÁ Lenka ŽÍDEK Libor

Year of publication 2023
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Economics of Transition and Institutional Change
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Citation
Web https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ecot.12329
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecot.12329
Keywords Czech Republic;economic transition;logit model;market reforms;oral history;public support;socialism
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Description This paper focuses on the Czech economic transition and aims to identify the determinants of unusually high and long-lasting public support for market reforms. The study is based on a unique combination of statistical analysis of survey data and oral history (interviews with reformers, managers etc.), which has enabled us to depict the views of the general public as well as of many people involved in decision-making processes on both macro and micro levels. These findings allow us to propose recommendations on how to gain and maintain public support for economic reforms. Above all, reformers must utilize the period of euphoria and communicate the individual steps of reform with the public.
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