This article is based on a panel discussion on the contribution of the economics of transition literature to the broader understanding of economic and social development. All panel participants have been working in the field for decades and made important contributions to this literature. The transition experience was a social experiment on a scale not seen before, and many lessons were learned that travel beyond the specific region. Important contributions in areas such as political economy, contract theory, and the sequencing and complementarity of reforms were discussed. It was concluded that there is little reason at this point to consider economics of transition and development economics as separate subfields as they share the same intellectual objective, and complement each other in our understanding of the development process.

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过渡文学的经济学

本文基于关于过渡文学经济学对更广泛的经济社会发展理解的贡献的小组讨论。所有小组成员已经在该领域工作了数十年，并为该文献做出了重要贡献。过渡经历是一次前所未有的规模的社会实验，并且吸取了许多经验教训，这些经验教训超出了特定区域。讨论了在诸如政治经济学，合同理论以及改革的顺序和互补性等方面的重要贡献。得出的结论是，此时几乎没有理由将转型经济学和发展经济学视为独立的子领域，因为它们具有相同的知识目标，并且在我们对发展过程的理解中互为补充。