Recent problems involving national and international investors within the transforming (post-communist) economies have inspired a wave of research on market institutions and their theoretical and practical influence on the development of financial and capital markets. These proceedings contain contributions by leading economic experts concerning the development and comparison of the Czech and Central European (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary) banks and corporate sectors in the course of transformation and privatisation. The publication includes a rich bibliography. Zdroj anotace: Web obalkyknih.cz