and Overview -- I Measurement of Output Decline -- 1 The Impact of National Accounting Systems on Growth Rates -- 2 The Irregular Economy in Transition: Features, Measurement, and Scope -- 3 Interpreting the Decline of "Output" and the Prospects for "Recovery" -- II Causes of Output Decline -- 4 Common Causes or Structural Adjustment? Output Decline in Eastern Europe and Poland -- 5 Supply and Demand Factors in Output Decline in Central and Eastern Europe -- 6 The Impact of the Soviet Trade Shock on Central and East European Economies -- 7 The Effects of the Demise of the CMEA and the USSR on Output in Hungary -- 8 Inter-enterprise Arrears in Economies in Transition -- 9 The Financial Situation and Bad Debts of Enterprises in Poland -- 10 Output Decline and Government Expenditures in European Transition Economies -- 11 Output and Employment in Private and Non-private Businesses in Hungary: 1990-1992 -- III Policy Issues of Output Decline -- 12 Output Decline and the Dynamics of Privatization in the Czech Republic -- III Policy Issues of Output Decline -- 13 Output Decline and Recovery in Central and Eastern Europe: The Role of Incentives -- 14 Opening Western Markets: The European Community's Response -- 15 Disinflation Without Output Decline: Tales of Exchange-Rate-Based Stabilizations -- Summary: Output Decline in Eastern Europe - Summing up the Debate.