Notes
The preparation of this collection was generously supported by the COST Action ISO 902 ‘Systemic Risk and Financial Crisis’.
1 The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia are grouped together as Central and East European countries (CEECs) while Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are referred to as the Baltic republics. Bulgaria and Romania are referred to as SEECs (South-Eastern European countries).
2 For example, tripartite structures provided formal channels for social consultation, but their use was very varied.