Mark Schaffer
Heriot Watt University
Contact Information
Prof. Mark E. Schaffer
Director Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation
Department of Economics
School of Management & Languages
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh EH14 4AS UK
Email Address: m.e.schaffer@hw.ac.uk
Telephone Number: 44-131-451-3494
Homepage: http://www.sml.hw.ac.uk/ecomes/
Departmental Telephone Number (CERT administrator) : 44-131-451-3485
Fax Number: 44-131-451-3008
Current Research Interests
Economics of transition in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and China, especially: enterprise performance and restructuring, privatization, financial markets, public finance, labour markets.
Publications
John P. Bonin and Mark E. Schaffer, "Revisiting Hungary’s Bankruptcy Episode", in Anna Meyendorff and Anjan V. Thakor (eds.), Designing Financial Systems in Transition Economies: Strategies for Reform in Central and Eastern Europe, MIT Press, 2002. CERT working paper version.
Wendy Carlin, Steven Fries, Mark E. Schaffer and Paul Seabright, "Competition and Enterprise Performance in Transition Economies: Evidence from a Cross-country Survey". CEPR Discussion Paper 2840, May 2001.
Wendy Carlin, Saul Estrin and Mark E. Schaffer, "Measuring Progress in Transition and Towards EU Accession: A Comparison of Manufacturing Firms in Poland, Romania and Spain", Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 38, No. 5, December 2000. CERT working paper version.
Shumei Gao and Mark E. Schaffer, "Financial Discipline in the Enterprise Sector in Transition Countries: How Does China Compare?", in Juzhong Zhuang, Sarah Cook and Shujie Yao (eds.), The Chinese Economy Under Transition, Basingstoke: Macmillan, 2000. CERT working paper version.
Peter J. Luke and Mark E. Schaffer, "Wage Determination in Russia: An Econometric Investigation", CERT Discussion Paper 99/08, September 1999 and IZA Discussion Paper No. 143, April 2000.
Robert I. Mochrie, Mark E. Schaffer and Alan A. Bevan, "Bank and Enterprise Restructuring in Transition Economies", UN Economic Commission for Europe Economic Survey of Europe, No. 2, 1998.
Francesca Cornelli, Richard Portes and Mark E. Schaffer, "The Capital Structure of Firms in Central and Eastern Europe", in Olivier Bouin, Fabrizio Coricelli and Françoise Lemoine (eds.), Different Paths to a Market Economy: China and European Economies in Transition, CEPR/CEPII/OECD, 1998.
Mark E. Schaffer, "Do Firms in Transition Countries have Soft Budget Constraints? A Reconsideration of Concepts and Evidence", Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 26, No. 1, March 1998. CERT working paper version.
Saul Estrin, Mark E. Schaffer and I.J. Singh, "The Provision of Social Benefits in State-Owned, Privatized and Private Firms in Poland", in Martin Rein, Barry Friedman and Andreas Wörgötter (eds.), Enterprise and Social Benefits after Communism, Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Simon Commander, Qimiao Fan and Mark E. Schaffer (eds.), Enterprise Restructuring and Economic Policy in Russia, EDI/World Bank, 1996.
Jozef Konings, Hartmut Lehmann and Mark E. Schaffer, "Job Creation and Job Destruction in a Transition Economy: Ownership, Firm Size, and Gross Job Flows in Polish Manufacturing 1988-91", Labour Economics, Vol. 3, No. 3, October 1996.