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• Contents: Commodity Exchanges in Central Europe: Futures markets and centrally planned economies; The necessity of commodity futures markets in transition economies; Current situation of the commodity exchanges in Central Europe; The functions of commodity exchange in Central Europe. Economic Reforms and Capital Movements in Central Europe: Political economy of reforms; Polish economic reforms in the Japanese historical perspective; An economic analysis of Daihatsu - FSO case; Inward FDI and capital movements in Central Europe. International Commodity Agreements and Futures Market: An analysis of excessive speculation; A diagnosis of destabilizing speculation; An economic analysis of International Commodity Agreements; A sociological study of the futures market; A political economy of the futures market; A destabilizing effect of commodity market intervention; Concluding remarks; Bibliography; Index.