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216 CONTRIBUTORS
subject. He has made important and widely cited contributions not only
on privatization but also on the po liti cal economy of transition, enter-
prise restructuring, fi nancial reform, and the macroeconomics of transi-
tion. Roland has also made important contributions in po liti cal economy.
His contributions span from the optimal speed and sequencing of re-
forms to the breakup of nations and federalism to the separation of
powers in democracies and comparative analysis of parliamentary and
presidential systems.
Among Roland’s awards and honors are recipient of the Medal of the
University of Helsinki, Offi cier de l’Ordre de Leopold II, and entries in
Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in America, and Who’s Who in Eco-
nomics since 1776. He was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in
Behavioral Sciences in Stanford during 1998–1999. He was program chair
of the Fifth Nobel Symposium in Economics devoted to the economics of
transition in 1999. He was named Jean Monnet Professor at Universite Li-
bre de Bruxelles in 2001 and received an honorary professorship at Ren-
min University of China in 2002.
Joseph E. Stiglitz is University Professor at Columbia University, copresi-
dent of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, and chair of Columbia’s Com-
mittee on Global Thought. He holds a part- time appointment at the
Brooks World Poverty Institute of the University of Manchester, En gland.
In 2001 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his analysis of
the role of information asymmetry in market failure. He served as chair
of the Council of Economic Advisers during the Clinton administration
and then as Chief Economist and Se nior Vice- President of the World
Bank from 1997 to 2000. His most recent book, Globalization and Its Dis-
contents (2001), is an international bestseller translated into 28 languages.
Jan Svejnar is the Everett E. Berg Professor of Business Administration,
director of the International Policy Center, and a professor of economics
and public policy at the University of Michigan. His areas of interest in-
clude economic development and transition, labor economics, and behav-
ior of the fi rm. Svejnar’s research focuses on the determinants and effects
of government policies on fi rms and labor and capital markets, corporate
and national governance and per formance, and entrepreneurship. He has
published widely and serves as an adviser to governments and fi rms in ad-
vanced and emerging market economies.
