01565cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000500 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451857542 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL De Masi, Paula. Prices in the Transition : Ten Stylized Facts / Paula De Masi, Vincent Koen. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997. 1 online resource (31 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 overall price level increased sharply in transition countries once prices were freed. Disinflation has most frequently been gradual, with prices continuing to rise rapidly in subsequent years. This paper identifies the well-known and lesser-known features of inflationary processes in central and eastern Europe, the Baltics, Russia, and other countries of the former Soviet Union on the basis of a sample of 26 countries and observations spanning the first five to seven years of transition. Mode of access: Internet Koen, Vincent. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1997/158 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1997/158/001.1997.issue-158-en.xml IMF e-Library