Slovenia : From Yugoslavia to the European Union.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Overview: Slovenia's Threefold Transition -- Part I The Road toward Political and Economic Independence -- Chapter 1 The Political Reasons for the Dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia -- Chapter 2 Socialism and the Disintegration of SFR Yugoslavia -- Chapter 3 Independence and Integration into the International Community: A Window of Opportunity -- Chapter 4 Institutional Setting for the New Independent State -- Chapter 5 Transition to a National and a Market Economy: A Gradualist Approach -- Chapter 6 Establishing Monetary Sovereignty -- Chapter 7 Succession Issues in Allocating the External Debt of SFR Yugoslavia and Achieving Slovenia's Financial Independence -- Part II Socioeconomic Transformation- The Slovenian Way -- Chapter 8 Macroeconomic Stabilization and Sustainable Growth -- Chapter 9 Trade Policy in the Transition Process -- Chapter 10 Monetary System and Monetary Policy -- Chapter 11 Exchange Rate Policy and Management of Capital Flows -- Chapter 12 Fiscal Policy and Public Finance Reforms -- Chapter 13 Building an Institutional Framework for a Full-Fledged Market Economy -- Chapter 14 Privatization, Restructuring, and Corporate Governance of the Enterprise Sector -- Chapter 15 Enterprise Restructuring in the First Decade of Independence -- Chapter 16 The Banking Sector -- Chapter 17 Capital Market Development -- Chapter 18 Labor Market Developments in the 1990s -- Chapter 19 Social Sector Developments -- Chapter 20 Reentering the Markets of the Former Yugoslavia -- Part III The Quest for EU Membership -- Chapter 21 EU Membership: Rationale, Costs, and Benefits -- Chapter 22 Slovenia's Road to Membership in the European Union -- Chapter 23 Size Matters in the European Union: Searching for Balance between Formal and Actual Equality.

Chapter 24 Political Economy of Slovenia's Transition -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Index -- Figures -- Figure 8.1 Real GDP in EU Accession Countries -- Figure 8.2 Inflation Rate, 1987-96 -- Figure 8.3 Inflation Rate, 1997-2003 -- Figure 8.4 Inflation in EU Accession Countries, 2002 -- Figure 8.5 Current Account Balance -- Figure 8.6 Inward Foreign Direct Investment -- Figure 8.7 External Debt in EU Accession Countries, 2002 -- Figure 8.8 Unemployment Rate -- Figure 8.9 General Government Fiscal Balance -- Figure 8.10 Fiscal Balance in Selected EU Accession Countries and the European Union, 2002 -- Figure 8.11 EU Accession Countries and Maastricht Parameters, 2002 -- Figure 10.1 Structural Position of the Money Market and Net Foreign Currency Assets of the Central Bank -- Figure 10.2 Structural Position of the Money Market, Required Reserves, and Net Liquidity Supply via Monetary Policy Instruments -- Figure 10.3 Relationship of Change in Central Bank Bills Outstanding to Necessary Purchases or Sales of Foreign Exchange -- Figure 11.1 Monetization on the Retail Foreign Exchange Market -- Figure 11.2 Base Money and Central Bank Credits -- Figure 11.3 Net Foreign Assets of the Central Bank -- Figure 11.4 Difference in Expected Rates of Return on Domestic and Foreign Credits -- Figure 12.1 Composition of General Government Expenditure -- Figure 12.2 Composition of General Government Revenue -- Figure 12.3 General Government Debt -- Figure 12.4 Guarantees for Public Sector Entities -- Figure 14.1 Ownership Structure of Privatized Companies at the Time of Completed Privatization and at End 2002 -- Figure 15.1 Ownership Structure in a Sample of Large and Medium-Size Privatized Firms, 1996-2000 -- Figure 15.2 Characteristics of Top Management in a Sample of Large and Medium-Size Privatized Firms, 1996-2000.

Figure 18.1 Wages and Employment, 1990-2001 -- Figure 18.2 Worker Flows, 1990-2001 -- Figure 18.3 Job Creation and Destruction, 1990-2001 -- Figure 18.4 Returns to Education and Work Experience, 1987-2001 -- Figure 19.1 Employment, Unemployment, and Pension Recipients, 1990-2001 -- Figure 20.1 Trends in Slovenian Outward FDI, 1994-2001 -- Tables -- Table 1 Main Macroeconomic Indicators of Slovenia, 1991-2005 -- Table 2 Timetable of Major Components of Main Reforms -- Table 2.1 Gross Social Product per Capita in SFR Yugoslavia -- Table 2.2 Exports of Goods in SFR Yugoslavia -- Table 5.1 Selected Indicators of the Slovenian Economy at Independence -- Table 5.2 Structure of Sales and Purchases of the Slovenian Economy, 1990 -- Table 6.1 Balance Sheet of the National Bank of Yugoslavia, December 31, 1990 -- Table 6.2 Balance Sheet of the National Bank of Yugoslavia and the System of National Banks, December 31, 1990 -- Table 7.1 Medium- and Long-Term Convertible Currency External Debt of SFR Yugoslavia, End 1991 -- Table 8.1 GDP per Capita in Slovenia and Four Central European Countries Relative to EU Average, 1995 and 2001 -- Table 8.2 Real Net Wages, 1992-2002 -- Table 9.1 Shares of Industry and Mining Subject to Import Regimes, 1986 -- Table 9.2 Shares of Import Value and Foreign Trade Classification Codes by Import Regime, and Tariffs and Charges Paid, 1986-96 -- Table 9.3 Applied Tariff Rates in 1994 and 2001 and WTO Bound Tariff Rates -- Table 9.4 Simple Average of MFN Tariffs by Stage of Processing, 2001 -- Table 9.5 EU and Slovenian MFN Average Tariff Rates, 2001 -- Table 9.6 Effective Rates of Protection, 1986-2001 -- Table 9.7 Major Events in Bilateral Trade Relations between the European Union and Slovenia -- Table 9.8 Shares of EU Imports in Total Imports by Product List, and Estimated Customs Duties Levied, 1994-2001.

Table 9.9 Bilateral Free Trade Agreements, 2001 -- Table 9.10 Collected Tariff Rates and Variable Levies, 2001 -- Table 10.1 Shares of Monetary Policy Instruments on the Balance Sheet of the Bank of Slovenia, 1992-2002 -- Table 12.1 Consolidated General Government Revenue, Expenditure, and Balance -- Table 12.2 Structure of Fiscal Revenue in the European Union and Slovenia -- Table 12.3 Fiscal Development, 1993-2002 -- Table 13.1 Indicators of Progress with Institutional Reform in Current EU Accession Countries -- Table 14.1 Total Capital, Number of Companies, and Employment by Share of Insider Ownership in Privatized Companies -- Table 15.1 Expenditure on Fixed and Soft Capital Investment -- Table 16.1 Basic Statistics for the Banking Sector, 1991-2002 -- Table 16.2 Basic Financial Ratios for the Banking Sector, 1992-2002 -- Table 16.3 Harmonization of Slovenian Legislation with EU Banking Directives -- Table 17.1 Selected Indicators of Capital Market Activity, 1995-2002 -- Table 18.1 Selected Labor Market Indicators, 1990-2001 -- Table 18.2 Worker and Job Flows, 1990-2001 -- Table 18.3 Results of Regressions Explaining Earnings by Sex, Education, Experience, and Ownership of Employer, 1987-2001 -- Table 19.1 Expenditure on Social Benefits by Function in Slovenia, 1996-2000, and the European Union, 2000 -- Table 19.2 Concentration Coefficients and Factor Income Shares in Total Income, 1993 and 1997-99 -- Table 19.3 Incidence of Poverty, 1993 and 1997-99 -- Table 19.4 Basic Characteristics of the 1983, 1992, and 1999 Pension and Disability Insurance Acts -- Table 19.5 Pension Expenditures, Replacement Rates, and Actual Retirement Ages, 1992-2002 -- Table 19.6 Recipients of Unemployment Benefits, 1992-2002 -- Table 20.1 Bilateral Trade between Slovenia and Other Successor Countries of SFR Yugoslavia, 1992-2002.

Table 20.2 Estimates of Entry Costs and of the Stability of the Local Business Environment -- Table 20.3 Main Reasons for Export Entry Mode in 2000 -- Table 20.4 Main Reasons for Investment Entry Mode in 2000 -- Table 23.1 Weights of EU Member Countries and Accession Countries in European Institutions -- Table 24.1 Real Economic Growth in Current EU Accession Countries, 1993-2001 -- Table 24.2 Relative EBRD Transition Index for Slovenia.

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