The East European Revolution of 1989: Is it surprising that we were surprised?

dc.contributor.author	Kuran, Timur	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2010-03-09T15:22:49Z
dc.date.available	2010-03-09T15:22:49Z
dc.date.issued	1991	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10161/1719
dc.description.abstract	MAny aspects of the east european revolution are controversial, but on one point everyone agrees: it caught the world by surprise. even local dissedents were stunned by the sudden turn of events. We will never know how many East Europeans did forsee the explosion of 1989. But at each step, accounts painted a picutre of nations united in amazement. To my knowledge only one study addresses the issue systematically.............	en_US
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dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	American Economic Review	en_US
dc.subject	European Revolution	en_US
dc.title	The East European Revolution of 1989: Is it surprising that we were surprised?	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article	en_US
dc.department	Economics