Background
Gérard Roland was born on October 3, 1954, in Jemappes, Mons, Belgium. He is the son of Yves, a bank manager, and Marie Thérèse Roland, a homemaker.
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Roland received his Bachelor of Arts in 1983, a Master of Arts in 1984, and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1988 from the Free University of Brussels.
(The transition from socialism to capitalism in former soc...)
The transition from socialism to capitalism in former socialist economies is one of the main economic events of the twentieth century. Not only does it affect the lives of approximately 1.65 billion people, but it is contributing to a shift in emphasis in economics from standard price and monetary theory to contracting and its institutional environment. Economic research in transition shows not only that institutions matter but also how their evolution toward higher efficiency depends on initial conditions and on sustained political support.Unlike early policy literature on transition economics, which focused on the so-called Washington consensus, this book provides an overview of current research, analyzing issues raised by transition for which economic theorists and policy makers had no ready answers. It shows how research on transition contributes to our understanding of capitalism as an economic system and of the dynamics of large-scale institutional change.The book is divided into three parts. The first part looks at how large-scale reforms are decided dynamically through the political process. The second part looks at the general equilibrium and macroeconomic effects of liberalization in economies without preexisting markets. The third part looks at the economic behavior of firms in the transition from state to private ownership and compares the effects of privatization, restructuring, and financial reform. Although focused on transition economics, the discussions are relevant to topics in political economics, development, public economics, corporate finance, and micro- and macroeconomics.
https://www.amazon.com/Transition-Economics-Politics-Comparative-Institutional/dp/0262182033/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=G%C3%A9rard+Roland&qid=1600179452&sr=8-5
2000
(Gerard Roland's new text, Development Economics, is the f...)
Gerard Roland's new text, Development Economics, is the first undergraduate text to recognize the role of institutions in understanding development and growth. Through a series of chapters devoted to specific sets of institutions, Roland examines the effects of institutions on growth, property rights, market development, and the delivery of public goods and services and focuses. With the most comprehensive and up to date treatment of institutions on development, Roland explores the important questions of why some countries develop faster than others and why some fail while others are successful.
https://www.amazon.com/Development-Economics-Pearson-Gerard-Roland/dp/0321464486/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=G%C3%A9rard+Roland&qid=1600179452&sr=8-1
2013
Gérard Roland was born on October 3, 1954, in Jemappes, Mons, Belgium. He is the son of Yves, a bank manager, and Marie Thérèse Roland, a homemaker.
Roland received his Bachelor of Arts in 1983, a Master of Arts in 1984, and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1988 from the Free University of Brussels.
Gérard Roland began his career as an assistant at the Free University of Brussels, working there from 1983 to 1988. Then, he was a lecturer from 1988 to 1991. Roland became a professor at the Free University of Brussels. He held this position until 2001 when Roland joined the University of California as a professor.
Since 2005 Roland is Program director on transition economics at the Center for Economic Policy Research, London.
Gérard also held a position as a visiting professor at University Catholic Louvain, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, University California, London School of Economics, Collegium Budapest, Stanford University, Institute for International Economic Studies.
He served as an editor of the Journal of Comparative Economics from 2007 to 2016 and was an associate editor for several other journals.
Gérard Roland's works include "Stations de métro" (1980), "The Break Up of Nations: A Political Economy Analysis" (1995), "Transition and Economics" (2000) where Roland shows how research on transition contributes to our understanding of capitalism as an economic system and of the dynamics of large-scale institutional change, "Development Economics" (2013), the first undergraduate text to recognize the role of institutions in understanding development and growth.
(Gerard Roland's new text, Development Economics, is the f...)
2013(The transition from socialism to capitalism in former soc...)
2000Gérard married Heddy Riss on November 18, 1980. They have three children: Elsa, Florence, and Juliette.