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ANNEX TABLE 1-1 Number of Works in Economics That Mention Various Terms in Title or Abstract


Term
Transition Set
(N = 2,564)
General Set
(N = 132,005)
Market66315,710
Policy or Policies54518,540
Privatiz* or Privatis*3501,232
Theory, Model, Hypothesis (+pl)26634,819
Test, Measure, Compare, Estimate (+v)18921,140
Consequence, Implication (+pl)1798,087
Empirical, Evidence, Data, Case Study, Sample (+v, pl)16924,324
Macro*1634,547
Labor1617,081
Monetary1385,040
History, Histories, Historical1154,540
Capital1137,337
Liberaliz* or Liberalis*1111,492
Fiscal892,378
National824,274
Incentive*723,022
Stabiliz* or Stabilis*72602
Business, -es604,223
Property Right*51578
Law,-s, Court,-s, Legal System462,780
Sequenc*45467
Contract*423,130
Micro*411,879
Decentraliz*, Decentralis*34625
Federal332,319
Centraliz*, Centralis*32341
Governance30339
Ideolog*28537
Local272,470
Entrepreneur*27775
Priorit*27504
Big Bang2739
Bureaucrac*, Bureaucrat*26419
Shock Therapy2433
State-Owned Enterprise*23103
Income Distribution19733
Constitution*16483
Credibil*16432
Institutional Change14142
Inequality131,047
Reject, Inconsistent121,458
Private Enterprise943
Black Market796
Monitor*6614
Trade Off*, Tradeoff5725
Substitute,-s5587
Transaction Cost*5493
Self-Govern*529
Confirm, Consistent43,534
Enforcement4495
Fair, Fairness4483
Norm,-s4315
New Institutional Economics478
Corrupt*3153
Unanticipated, Unintended, Unexpected2543
Criminal*2134
Transparen*2118
Civil Serv*272
Path Dependen*267
Feedback1257
Illegal*1141
Bottom Up127
Top Down118
Opportunity Cost*0214
Self-Enforcing059
Brib*037
Enforc* Contract*036
Rules of the Game035
Social Capital025
Organized Crim*011
Local Knowledge06
Mafia05

NOTE: See text for discussion of terms and notation.
SOURCE: Data from EconLit database, January 1989-September 1995.