Kazimierz Z. Poznanski CV

Spring 2007

Jackson School of International Studies
Thomson Hall, Box 353650
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3650
Phone 206-543-0293 Fax 206-685-0658

Personal: Born: Braunschweig, Germany Citizen: U.S.

Education: 1969 M.A. in Economics, University of Warsaw 1974 Ph.D. in Economics, University of Warsaw

Employment:

1969-1980 Assistant Professor, Institute of Planning and Visiting Professor, University of Warsaw

1980-1981 Visiting Fellow, Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs, Princeton University

1981- 1982 Visiting Assistant Professor, Center of International Studies and Department of Economics, Cornell University

1982-1983 Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

1983-1986 Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

1986-1987 Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Northwestern University

1987-1997 Associate Professor, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington

1997- Full Professor, Henry M. Jackson of International Studies, University of Washington

Fields of Interest:

International Political Economy; Economic Development; Comparative Economic Systems; Institutional Economics; Economics of Technological Change; Post-Soviet and East European Economies

Teaching Experience:

International Trade and Finance; Macroeconomic Theory; Comparative Economic Systems; Economics of Technological Change; Political Economy of International Relations; Theory of Economic Development

Foreign Languages: Polish, German, Russian

Teaching Abroad:

1993 – University of Tubingen (Germany), Department of Economics, (one semester)

1995 – University of Warsaw (Poland), Department of Economics, (Graduate Program, one semester)

Fellowships:

1978 British Council, project: Governmental Policy Towards Technical Innovation (short term)

1980/1 American Council for Learned Societies, American Studies Program, project: Technological Gaps Between the United States and Western Europe (one year)

1981 The Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Washington D.C., project: East- West Technology Transfer (short term)

1984 Stanford University, project: Reintegration of the 1985 Soviet Bloc with World Economy (one year)

1993 University of Tubingen, project: Economic Recessions in Post- Communist Eastern Europe (short term)

1998 Institute for Human Studies, Vienna, project: Role of State in Economic Transition (half-year)

Research Grants:

1983-85 National Council for Soviet and Eastern European Research, Washington, D.C., project: Impact of Western Technology Upon Polish National Economy: 1970-1984 ( with J. Svejnar, Department of Economics, Cornell University), two year $50,000 budget.

1986-87 Hudson Institute, Economic Division Substitutability of Western and Soviet Markets in East European Trade (with P. Marer, Business School, Indiana University and M. Marrese, Department of Economics, Northwestern), two year $160,000 budget.

1991 International Research and Exchange Board (IREX), support of $25,000 for the First U.S.-Polish Economic Roundtable on: “Stabilization and Privatization in Poland” (plus $12,000 from other sources).

1992 IREX grant of $22,000 to organize the Second U.S.-Polish Economic Roundtable on: “Structural Adjustment and Competitiveness in Poland,”Warsaw, Poland (plus $8,000 from other sources).

1993 CIBER grant of $5,000 to develop a new integrated undergraduate course on “Technology and Competition in the Industrialized World.”

1993 IREX grant of $16,500 to organize the Third U.S.-Polish Economic Roundtable on “Economic Recovery, Trade Record, and Social Costs” (plus $6,000 from other sources).

1994 CIBER grant of $10,000 for both research work and preparation of a publication on “Emerging Securities Markets in Post-Communist Economies: Eastern Europe, Russia and China,” Seattle, WA, November 28.

1994 IREX grant of $22,000 to organize the Fourth U.S.- Polish Economic Roundtable on: “Macroeconomic Stabilization, Economic Growth and Sustainability of Reforms in Economies in Transition,” Siena, Italy (plus $5,000 from other sources).

1994-96 The German Marshall Fund, grant of $30,000 for a project: “Privatization Process and Financial Markets in Poland” (largely to support my 1994-95 sabbatical leave).

Research Consulting:

The World Bank: Development Research Department, group project: Environment for Technological Change in Japan, the Newly Industrializing Countries (Brazil, South Korea), and the Centrally Planned Economies (incl. China) (1983-1984).

U.S. Congress: Joint Economic Committee, contribution to special triannual volume of papers evaluating the economic developments in Eastern Europe (1984 and 1989).

The United Nations, Economics and Social Department, group project: “The Implications of Western Assistance to the East for Developing Countries” (1991).

Polish Government, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, special advisor on economic issues (pertaining to privatization, financial reform and securities market) (late 1994 through 1996).

Books Publications (peer reviewed only):

1) Published:

1.1) Individual Books:

Negative End of Globalization: Expropriation of National Capital in Eastern Europe, Beijing: China Academy of Social Sciences, 2005, pp. 290

Failed Reforms: Selling of Capital, Warsaw: The Publishing Association, 2001, pp. 155

The Failure of Poland’s Transition, Warsaw: The Publishing and Literary Society, 2000, pp. 165

Poland’s Protracted Transition: Institutional Change and Economic Growth in 1970-1994, (The Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Series No. 98) (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996), pp. 379.

Technology, Competition and the Soviet Bloc in the World Market, (Berkeley: University of California- Berkeley, Institute of International Studies, 1987), pp. 226.

The Environment for Technological Change in Centrally Planned Economies, World Bank Staff Working Papers, No. 718, (Washington D.C.: The World Bank, 1985) (ISBN-0-821300498-8), pp. 70.

Technical Innovations in the Market Economy (Warsaw: State Scientific Press, 1979), pp. 199

1.2) Edited Volumes:

The Evolutionary Transition to Capitalism: In Search of a Paradigm, K. Poznanski, (ed), (Boulder: Westview Press, 1994), pp. 231.

Stabilization and Privatization in Poland: An Economic Evaluation of the Shock Therapy Program, (Boston: Kluwer Academic Press, 1993), pp. 269.

Radical Transition Versus Self-Grown Reform in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, K. Poznanski (special editor), Economics of Planning, vol. 25, no.1, 1992 (January), pp. 121.

Constructing Capitalism: The Reemergence of Civil Society and Liberal Economy in the Post-Communist World, K. Poznanski (ed) Boulder: Westview Press, 1992), pp. 227.

Industrial Innovations: Results of Quantitative Studies, J. Mujzel and K. Poznanski, (eds), Warsaw: State Economic Press, 1981) (Oskar Lange Prize, the Polish Economic Association, 1984), pp. 230 .

1.3) Chapters in Books:

“Institutional Underpinnings of Post-Socialist Recessions, in: Hiroshi Yagi, ed., Evolutionary Perspectives on the Post-Socialist Transitions, London: Elgar, 2004, pp. 43-54

“The Crisis of Transition as a State Crisis”, in: Frank Bonker, Klaus Muller and Andreas Pickel, eds., “ Post-Communist Transformation and the Social Sciences”, London : Rowman & Littlefield, 2002, pp. 55-76

“The Morals of Transition: Decline of Public Interest and Runaway Reforms in Eastern Europe,” V. Tismaneanu and S. Antohi , eds., Between Past and Future:

The Revolutions of 1989 and Their Aftermath: Budapest : Central European University Press, 1999.

“Evolution of Comparative Analysis of Communism and Post-Communism” in: J.Hausner and T.Kowalik (eds.), Polish Economists Living Abroad: Collection of Works, Cracow: Academic Press, 1999.

“Post-communist Recessions: Common Causes and Outcomes,” in: S. Hanson and W. Spohn (eds), Can Europe Work? (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1995), pp. 171-205.

“Political Economy of Privatization in Eastern Europe,” in: B. Crawford (ed), Market, State and Democracy in Post-Communist Eastern Europe (Boulder: Westview Press, 1994), pp. 131-152.

“Institutional Perspectives on Postcommunist Recession in Eastern Europe” in: K. Poznanski (ed), The Evolutionary Transition to Capitalism: In Search of a Paradigm (Boulder: Westview Press, 1994), op. cit., pp. 3-30.

“Introduction,” in: K. Poznanski (ed), The Evolutionary Transition to Capitalism: In Search of a Paradigm (Boulder: Westview Press, 1994), pp.ix-xxiii.

“Poland’s Transition to Capitalism: Shock and Therapy,” in: Poznanski, K. (ed), Stabilization and Privatization in Poland: An Economic Evaluation of the Shock Therapy Program (Boston: Kluwer Academic Press, 1993 ), pp. 15-42.

“Introduction”, in: K.Poznanski (ed), Stabilization and Privatization in Poland: An Economic Evaluation of the Shock Therapy (Boston: Kluwer Academic Press, 1993), pp. 4-13.

“Property Rights and Civil Liberties: Evolutionary Perspectives on Transition in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union,” in: Schoenfeld, R. (ed), Transforming Economic Systems in East Central Europe (Munich: Sudosteuropa Gesellschaft, 1993), pp. 41-60.

“Epilogue: Markets and States in the Transformation of Post-Communist Europe,” in: Poznanski, K. (ed), Constructing Capitalism: The Reemergence of Civil Society and Liberal Economy in the Post-Communist World (Boulder: Westview Press, 1992), pp. 199-219.

“Property Rights Perspective on Evolution of Communist-Type Economics” in: Poznanski, K. (ed), Constructing Capitalism: The Reemergence of Civil Society and Liberal Economy in the Post-Communist World (Boulder: Westview Press, 1992), pp. 71-96.

“Economic Reforms in East Europe and Trade Prospects for Developing Nations,” Special volume, The Revolutions in the East and Their Implications for Developing Countries”, Journal of Development Planning, Vol. 22 (New York: United Nations, 1992), pp. 127-154.

“Substituting Southern For Western Markets: Options Before East Europe,” in: Eastern European Economies in the Time of Change, (The Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress, Washington, D.C., 1989), pp. 468-487.

“The Competitiveness of Polish Industry and Indebtedness,” in P. Marer and W. Siwinski, (eds), Creditworthiness and Reform in Poland (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1988), pp. 45-60.

“Economic Adjustment and Political Forces: Poland Since 1970,” in E. Comisso and L. Tyson, (eds), Power, Purpose and Collective Choice. Economic Strategy in Socialist States (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986), pp. 279-312.

“Costs of Hegemony and Benefits of Subordination,” with P. Marer, in: J. Triska, (ed.) The Dominant Powers and Subordinate States. The United States in Latin America and the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe (Durham: Duke University Press, 1986), pp. 371-400.

“Competition Between Eastern Europe and Developing Countries in the Western Market for Manufactured Goods,” in: East European Economies: Slow Growth in 1980s, Vol. II, Foreign Trade and International Finance, (The Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress, Washington, D.C., 1985), pp. 62-92.

2) Accepted for Publication:

2.1) Individual Books:

The Runaway Transition: Political Economy of Market Reforms in Eastern Europe and Russia, Seattle: University of Washington Press /submitted for review/

3) Work In Progress:

3.1) Individual Books:

Traditionalist Paradigm: Political Economy of Cooperation /prepared as a textbook to accompany the class on comparative political economy/

3.2) Edited Volumes:

3.3) Chapters in Books:

Articles (peer reviewed only):

1) Published: “Capital Transfers. Effects of Oligopoly Competition”, Vienna Institute for

International Economic Studies Monthly Report No.6, 2007 /pp. 13-18/

“Divergent Trajectories of Transition in Eastern Europe and China ”, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies Monthly Report No. 2, 2006 /pp. 11-14/

“Building Capitalism with the Communist Tools: Defective Transition in Eastern Europe ”, East European Politics and Societies, vol. 15, no. 2, 2002

“Introduction: Transition and its Dissenters”, East European Politics and Societies, vol. 15, no. 2, 2001

“Derailed Privatization of Polish Banking and Industry, Dzis (Present), 20001 (May) (in Polish)

“The Crisis of Modernity: Capitalism and Communism Reexamined”, East European Politics and Societies, vol. 14, no. 3, 2000 (p.p. 676 –692)

“Transition from a Distance”, Capital Markets, No. 10-11, 2000 (October) (pp. 7-10 and pp. 109-113) (in Polish)

“The Post-Communist Transition as an Institutional Disintegration: Explaining the Regional Economic Recession,” Acta Oeconomica, vol. 40, no. 1, 1999, pp. 1-36.

“Teoria Comparativa a Tranzitiei: Recesiune Si Redresare In Economiile Post-Coministe”, Polis. Revista de stiinte politice, vol. 6, no. 4, 1999 (pp. 15-35) (in Rumanian)

“Recounting Transition,” East European Politics and Societies, 1999 (Spring), vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 328-344.

“Decline of Public Virtues and the Fate of Eastern Europe,” The Vienna Institute Monthly Report, 1999/8-9, pp. 11-20.

“Reconsiderind Tranzitia,” Polis. Revista de Stiinte Politice, 1998, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 112-126, (in Rumanian).

“Comparative Transition Theory: Recession and Recovery,” Emergo. Journal of Transforming Economies and Societies, 1998 (Spring), vol. 5, no. 2. pp. 36-52.

“Rethinking Comparative Economics: from Organizational Simplicity to Institutional Complexity,” East European Politics and Societies, 1998 (Spring), vol. 4, no.1, pp. 171-199 .

“Foreign Investment in the Automotive Industry of Eastern Europe,” (with J. Poznanska), Emergo. Journal of Transforming Economies and Societies, vol. 3, no. 3, 1996.

“Evolutionary Paradigms in Social Sciences” (with G. Modelski), International Studies Quarterly, 1996 (Fall), pp. 3-7.

“Socialist System in Retrospect,” book review essay, Budapest Book Review, 1995 (summer).

“Dilemmas of Privatization in Eastern Europe and Russia”, Emergo. Journal of Transforming Economies and Societies , vol.2, no. 2, 1994, pp. 61-75 (second printing).

“Restructuring of Property Rights in Poland: A Study in Evolutionary Economics,” East European Politics and Societies, vol. 7, no. 3, 1993, pp. 395-421.

“Poland’s Transition to Capitalism: Shock without Therapy,” Comparative Economic and Social Systems” (Beijing, China), no. 2,1993, pp. 36-42.

“Pricing Practices in the CMEA Trade Regime: A Reappraisal,” Soviet Studies, vol. 45, no. 5, 1993, pp. 923-29.

“An Interpretation of Communist Decay: The Role of Evolutionary Mechanism,” Communist and Post-Communist Studies, vol. 26, no. 1, 1993 (March), pp. 581-604.

“Polish Paradoxes,” by S. Gomulka and A. Polonsky (review article), Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 16, 1992.

“Economic Reforms in East Europe and Trade Prospects for Developing Nations,” Journal of Development Planning, 1992, vol. 22, pp. 127-154.

“Privatization Process in Poland: Problems of Transition,” Soviet Studies, vol. 44, no. 4, 1992, pp. 641-664.

“Market Alternative to State Activism in Restoring the Capitalist Economy,” Economics of Planning, vol. 25, no. 1, 1992, pp. 55-77.

“Property Rights, Political Pluralism, and Power Structure in Eastern Europe,” Europa Forum, vol. 1, no. 3 (November), 1991, pp. 30-45.

“Liberalization and Entrepreneurship: Dynamics of Reform in Socialism and Capitalism,” by B. Milanovic, book review, Journal of Comparative Economics, 1991, vol. 15, pp. 19-21.

“Diffusion Performance in Major Steel-Making Countries: Results of Linear and nonlinear Regression Analysis,” vol. 23, no.4, Economics of Planning, 1990, pp. 129-141.

“The CPE Aversion to Innovations: Alternative Theoretical Explanations,” Economics of Planning, vol. 22, no. 3, 1989, pp. 125-137.

“Debate over Implicit Subsidies in the CMEA Trade,” Aneks, no. 3, 1989, pp. 45-68 (in Polish)

Technology Transfer from the Socialist Countries, by J. Monkiewicz and J. Maciejewicz, book review, Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 12, no. 2, 1988.

“Economic Determinants of Technological Performance in Eastern European Industry,” Eastern European Politics and Societies, vol. 2, No. 3, Fall 1988, pp. 581-604.

“Opportunity Cost in Soviet Trade with Eastern Europe: Discussion of Methodology and New Evidence,” Soviet Studies, vol. XL, No. 2, 1988, pp. 290-307.

Growth, Innovation and Economic Reforms in Eastern Europe by S. Gomulka, book review, Journal of Economic Literature, vol. XXV, June 1987, pp. 22-23.

“The Extinguishing Process: A Case Study of World Steel Industry,” Technovation – International Journal of Innovation and Productivity, no. 4, 1986, pp. 297-316.

“Economic Adjustment and Political Forces: Poland Since 1970,” International Organization, vol. 40, No. 2, Spring, 1986, pp. 279-312.

“Patterns of Technology Imports: Interregional Comparison,” World Development, vol. 14, No. 6, 1986, pp. ___.

“Foreign Direct Investment and Technological Modernization of Latin America and Eastern Europe,” Revue d’Etudes Comparatives, vol. 16, No. 3, 1985, pp. 17-46.

“East-West Technology Transfer: Study of Poland,” by Z. Fallenbuchl, book review, Journal of Comparative Economics, no. 8, 1984, pp. 452-455.

“Technological Transfer: West-South Perspective,” World Politics, vol. XXXVII, no.1, October 1984, pp. 134-152.

“International Diffusion of Steel Technologies: Time-Lag and the Speed of Diffusion,” Technological Forecasting and Social Change, no. 23, 1983, pp. 305-323.

“Innovation Process in Hungary,” Ekonomista, no. 1-2, 1982, pp. 96-120. “A Study of Technical Innovation in Polish Industry,” Research Policy, no. 9,

1980, pp. 232-253. “Planning of Technological Changes in the Soviet Union,” Gospodarka

Planowa (Planning Economy), No. 10, 1977.

2) Accepted for Publication:

“Predictions vs. Realities: Kornai’s Road to Capitalism and Anti-Kornai Shortcut,” Emergo, Journal of Transforming Economies and Societies, (lead article for a special volume).

3) Works in Progress: “Trade and Welfare Under Oligopoly: Diverse Outcomes of Globalization”,

International Organization / submitted for review/

Papers and Reports:

“Divestment of Public Capital in Eastern Europe: Political Implications of Economic Choices,” Center for German and European Studies Working Paper #512, UC-Berkeley, 1994.

“The Decline of Communism, Rise of Capitalism and Transformation of East European and Soviet Political Economies,” Program on Central and Eastern Europe Working Paper Series, No. #15, Harvard University, 1993.

“Expanded Summary: The First U.S.-Polish Economic Roundtable,” Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, pp. 23 (mimeograph).

“Subsidies in Soviet-East European Relations: Numerical Estimate and Policy Implications,” Working Paper No. 11, Program on Comparative Economic Development, Cornell University, 1986.

“Impact of Western Technology Upon Polish Economy: 1970-1984, Overview and Microeconomic Evidence,” with J. Poznanski, Department of Economics, Skidmore College, final report for Cornell University, part of a larger project for the National Council for Soviet and Eastern European Research, Washington, D.C., June 1985, pp. 100 (including tables).

“Management of Technological Changes in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe,” The World Bank, June, 1984, pp. 120, mimeograph (also translated into Chinese for educational purposes).

“New Dimension in International Trade: East-South Competition in the West,” Department of Economics, Cornell University, January 1983, pp. 99 (mimeograph).

“Innovations in the Market Economy: Causes and Conditions for Their Implementation,” (with J. Langrish), Institute of Applied Research, Manchester University, 1980, pp. 34 (mimeograph).

Manuscript Reviews:

Journal of Comparative Economics

Research Policy Economics of Planning

International Organization Transnational

Corporations Comparative Political Studies

Editorial Review:

Second edition of M.P. Todaro, Economic Development in the Third World, New York: Longman, Inc., 1993.

Member of Editorial Boards:

Eastern European Politics and Societies, publishers, University of California Press (nominated in 1994).

Conferences and Workshops:

1) Conference Organization:

“Emerging Securities Markets: Eastern Europe, Russia, and China,” Seattle, University of Washington, November 17, 1995.

Fourth U.S.-Polish Economic Roundtable on “Macroeconomic Stabilization, Economic Growth and Sustainability of Reforms,” Siena, Italy, September, 1994.

Workshop on “Evolutionary Paradigms in Social Sciences” (with G. Modelski), Seattle, University of Washington, May 13-15, 1994.

Third U.S.-Polish Economic Roundtable on “Economic Recovery, Trade Record and Social Costs,” Charleston, SC, September 17-19, 1993.

Second U.S.-Polish Economic Roundtable on: “Structural Adjustment and Competitiveness in Poland,” Warsaw/Kazimierz Dolny, June 7-8, 1992.

First U.S.-Polish Economic Roundtable on “Stabilization and Privatization in Poland,” Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, June 7-9, 1991.

“Technological Trends in the Communist World”, Stanford University, Stanford , June 20-21, 1985.

2) Paper Presentations:

Privatization and Transition: Preliminary Results, conference, Between Past and Future: The Revolutions of 1989 and Their Aftermath, Central European University/ USID, Budapest, 7-8 March, 1999

Transition if State in Transition Economies: Interventions, Transfers and Reforms, conference on: Democracy, Markets, and Civil Societies in Post-1989 East

Central Europe, Center for European Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., May 17-19, 1996.

Debt and Equity (=Bank) Financing in Eastern Europe, panel at the Annual Convention, American Economic Association, San Francisco, January 5, 1996.

Foreign Direct Investment in East European Automotive Industry (with J. Poznanska), conference on: New Challenges for European and International Business,” European International Business Academy, Urbino, Italy, December 10- 12, 1995

The Role of Government in Transition; The Polish Case, conference on: Economic Transformation: The Reorganization of Production, Ownership and Finance, National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C., December 12-13, 1995

Emerging Securities Market in Poland: A Comparative Perspective, U.S.- Polish Roundtable on “Stabilization, Growth, and Sustainability of Reforms in Economies in Transition,” Siena, Italy, June 14-16, 1994.

Instinct, Reason, and Tradition: The Evolutionary Doctrine of Political Economy, conference on “Evolutionary Paradigms in the Social Sciences,” University of Washington, Seattle, May 13-14, 1994.

Models of Economic Transition: Shock, Chaos, and Fusion, U.S.-Polish Roundtable on “Economic Recovery, Trade Record, and Social Costs,” Charleston, SC, September 17-19, 1993.

Recession in Post-Communist Eastern Europe, Conference on “Can Europe Work?” University of Washington, Seattle, May 27-28, 1993.

Divestment of Public Capital in Eastern Europe, Conference on “Markets, States, and Democracy,” University of California-Berkeley, March 19, 1993.

Property Rights and Civil Liberties: Evolutionary Perspective on Transition in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, Conference on: Privatization in Eastern Europe, Sudosteuropa-Gesellschaft, Munich, June 1991.

Economic Reforms in East Europe and Trade Prospects for Developing Nations, Symposium on Reforms in Eastern Europe, United Nations Committee for Development Planning, Hague, February 1991.

Property Rights, State Power and Dominant Ideology, Conference of International Polanyi’s Association, University of Milan, October 1990.

Polish Demise: Economic Disintegration and Political Instability, Conference on “Instability in Poland,” University of Pennsylvania, April 1989.

Economic Reforms and Regime Stability, Annual Meeting of AAASS, Honolulu, November 23-27, 1988.

Economic Reforms, Growth Prospects, and Polish-Soviet Relations, Conference on New Dimensions of the Polish Economy, Wichita State University, Wichita, November 5, 1987.

Import Adjustment in the Soviet Bloc, workshop at the Russian Centre, Harvard University, Cambridge, September 10-11, 1987.

Costs of Domination, Benefits of Subordination with P. Marer, Conference on Dominate Powers and Subordinate States, Stanford University, Stanford, January 30-31, 1986.

Competitiveness of Polish Industry, Conference on The Polish Economy and Debt: In Search of Solutions, Business School of Indiana University and Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Washington, D.C., October 21-22, 1985.

Impact of Western Technology on Importing Countries, Conference on Technological Trends in the Communist World, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, June 20-21, 1985.

Economic Adjustment and Political Forces: Poland in 1970-1984, Conference on Foreign Economic Strategies of Eastern Europe and Developing Countries, Institute for International Studies, UC-Berkeley, Berkeley, February 1-2, 1985.

Catching Up Process in Technology, Annual Meeting of Eastern Economic Association, March 14-16, 1984.

Models of Technical Innovations Under Different Institutional Environments, Conference on Strategic Management of Industrial Research and Development, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, May 14-16, 1983.

Technological Innovation: Socialist Countries Experience, Annual Conference of American Association for Advancement of Slavic Studies, Washington, October 21-23, 1982.

Stimulus and Obstacles to Innovations in Nonmarket Economy, Annual Meeting of Eastern Economic Association, Washington, May 4-5, 1982.

Business Cycles in Post-War Poland, Conference on Cycles and Periods in Europe: Past and Present, Council for European Studies, Washington, May 3-4, 1982.

Scope and Effects of Technology Transfer from the West to Eastern Europe, Conference on Multinational Corporations in Eastern Europe and Latin America, Indiana University, Bloomington, March 5-8, 1981.

Academic Seminars:

Incomplete Capitalism: Institutional Outcomes of Post-Communist Transition, Distinguished Professor Lectureship, Haverford College, May 1, 2001

Ownership Structure and External Balance: The Polish Case, United Nations, New York, April 17, 2001

Polish Transition: Privatization, Development and Indebtedness, Woodrow Wilson International Center, Washington. D.C., April 16 2001

Post-Communist Recession and Recovery in Eastern Europe: The Role of State, Polish Academy of Sciences, Economic Institute, Warsaw, May 29, 1996.

Surprises of Transition: A Discussion About Changes in Eastern Europe and Russia, University of Washington, Jackson School Student Association, April 4, 1996.

Three Models of Transition: Poland, Russia and China, presentation within Special Series for Prominent Polish-born Economists, Economic Academy, Cracow, February 23, 1996.

Reinterpretation of Economic Reforms under State Socialism: The Case of Poland, Center for European Studies, University of California – Los Angeles, March 19, 1993.

Explaining the Economic Recession in Post-Communist Poland: An Institutional Approach, Department of Economics, University of Warsaw, March 11, 1992.

Economic Reforms in Eastern Europe: From Social Utopia to Grand Illusions, Center for European Studies, Harvard University, April 1991.

Collapse of the State Socialist Economy: Evolutionary Approach, Department of Economics, UC-Berkeley, January 1991.

Preconditions for Market-Type Reforms in the Soviet Bloc, Department of Economics, UC-Berkeley, April, 1989.

The Political Economy of De-Etatization in the Soviet-Type Economies, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, November, 1988.

Subsidization in the Soviet Union Trade with East Europe, Program on Comparative Economic Development, Department of Economics, Cornell University, September 1986.

Elimination of Obsolete Technology in World Steel Industry, Seminar on Technology, Innovation and Productivity, Department of Economics, Stanford University, February 1985.