01627cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000097 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451842821 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Boote, Anthony. Assessing Eastern Europe's Capital Needs / Anthony Boote. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1992. 1 online resource (24 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The paper aims at assessing the capital needs of Eastern Europe in catching up to EC standards of living using the framework of a CES (constant elasticity of substitution) production function model. This function, parameterized on the EC, is assumed to apply with certain inefficiency factors in Eastern Europe in 1992. Quantitative results, given the heroic set of assumptions required, are bounded by large ranges. The approach provides a framework for assessing the factors which will determine the future capital needs in Eastern Europe and underscores the crucial role of efficiency gains in this process. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1992/012 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1992/012/001.1992.issue-012-en.xml IMF e-Library