The Polish motor vehicle industry as a case study in Eastern Europe's transition

Thesis

This thesis examines the impact of shock therapy on the Polish economy, and within it, on the motor vehicle industry. It is argued that shock therapy has not proved satisfactory as a theory of economic transformation. The following reasons are provided:- ● Shock therapy fails to provide an adequate explanation of the collapse of the command economy. Its emphasis on problems being largely monetary, rather than structural, is misguided, as this leads to the erroneous conclusion that with a ...

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Authors: Husan, R; Hasan, Rumy

• Publication date: 1994
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Subjects: 1989-; Motor vehicle industry; Poland; Europe, Eastern; Economic policy; 1990-; Case studies