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Volume XLIV No. 4 Winter 2002

Special Symposium

"The IMF and the Ruble Zone"

Contributors:  Odling-Smee, Pastor, Pomfret, Gaidar, Aslund, Granville

Articles by:  Klyuev, Cernat, and Vranceanu


Editor's Introduction.......................................................................................1


Symposium:  IMF and the Ruble Zone


John Odling-Smee and Gonzalo Pastor:  The IMF and the Ruble Area, 1991-93......3


Yegor Gaidar:  A Political Decision........................................................................31


Richard Pomfret:  The IMF and the Ruble Zone.....................................................37


Anders Aslund:  The IMF and the Ruble Zone.......................................................49


Brigitte Granville:  The IMF and the Ruble Zone:  Response to Odling-Smee and Pastor........59


John Odling-Smee and Gonzalo Pastor:  Response to Comments..........................81


Articles


Vladimir Klyuev:  Exchange Rate Regime Choice in Central and Eastern European Transitional Economies.........85


Lucian Cernat and Radu Vranceanu:  Globalization and Development:  New Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe.........119


Book Reviews


Peter Murrel, (ed.) Assessing the Value of Law in Transition Countries, (Kenneth Koford).........137


Jagdish Bhagwati, Free Trade Today, (Ravi A. Yatawara).................................141


In Memoriam...................................................................................................144


Submission Information for Authors...............................................................147


Special Announcement....................................................................................149