Emerging models
of capitalism in Poland and the Central and Eastern European countries
against the background of Western Europe Cover Image

Wyłaniające się modele kapitalizmu w Polsce i krajach Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej na tle Europy Zachodniej
Emerging models of capitalism in Poland and the Central and Eastern European countries against the background of Western Europe

Author(s): Mariusz Próchniak, Ryszard Rapacki, Juliusz Gardawski, Adam Czerniak, Bożena Horbaczewska, Adam Karbowski, Piotr Maszczyk, Rafał Towalski
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: capitalism; models of capitalism; institutions; institutional complementarity

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the results of the study which aims to enrich the empirical picture and to better understand the nature of capitalism emerging in Poland and other new EU member states from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE11). Our main research goal is to assess the degree of similarity of Poland and other CEE11 countries toward each of the four models of capitalism in Western Europe distinguished by Amable [2003]. Each of these models is represented by an “ideal-typical” western European country. At the average level for the whole analyzed group, the CEE11 countries show the greatest similarity to the Mediterranean model of capitalism, represented by Spain/Italy. At the same time, these countries also exhibit quite high institutional proximity to the continental model of capitalism, represented by Germany.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 489
  • Page Range: 313-327
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish