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How important are Russia's external economic links?
Korhonen, Iikka; Simola, Heli - 2022
merchandise trade. …
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Made in Russia? Assessing Russia's potential for import substitution
Simola, Heli - 2022
Russia's brutal military aggression on Ukraine has led to extensive economic sanctions by Western countries and the withdrawal of many foreign companies from Russian markets. The isolation of Russia from the international community has substantially restricted its access to advanced technologies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013190399
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Trade sanctions and Russian production
Simola, Heli - 2022
to the military attack on Ukraine. These sanctions include various restrictive measures on trade with Russia. In this … brief, we examine the potential short-term effects of trade sanctions on Russian production with an input-output framework …. We find that the trade sanctions can have substantial negative effects on Russian production when Russia is unable to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013197569
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Russian foreign trade after four months of war in Ukraine
Simola, Heli - 2022
This brief examines the development of Russia's trade flows in the March-June period following Russia's invasion of … Ukraine. Russia ceased publication of foreign trade statistics after the war broke out, so we utilize the trade statistics of …. Russian industrial output reflects a shift in foreign trade. High-tech industries reliant on imported inputs contracted, while …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013369425
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Russia's technology imports from East Asia
Röyskö, Aino; Simola, Heli - 2022
This brief considers the role of East Asian economies in Russia's technology imports. The EU, US and UK have set strict sanctions and export restrictions on Russia in response to the war in Ukraine, while responses from East Asian economies have been mixed. By restricting exports of technology...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013439890
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Can Russia reorient its trade and financial flows?
Simola, Heli - 2022
economies. Countries imposing sanctions on Russia accounted for half of Russia's foreign trade and over half of foreign … financial flows before the war. We analyse the development of Russia's trade and financial relations in recent months and find … that Russia's success in reorienting its trade and investment flows has been mixed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013463850
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What the literature says about the effects of sanctions on Russia
Simola, Heli - 2023
This policy brief frames the discussion of sanctions imposed on Russia since the invasion of Ukraine in a wider international and historical perspective. We present a brief review of recent literature related to the macroeconomic effects of sanctions in Russia and other countries. Our analysis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014282650
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The shift in Russian trade during a year of war
Simola, Heli - 2023
This note examines changes in Russia's foreign trade during the past year. We discuss general trends in Russia's trade … based on estimates constructed from mirror statistics and developments in EU-Russia trade. The detailed analysis of Russia …'s trade flows and changes in its geographical structure. EU trade with Russia has generally declined substantially and Russia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014282686
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The role of trade in intra-industry productivity growth - The case of old and new European Union countries (1995-2007)
Parteka, Aleksandra - 2013
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the role of trade in productivity growth in a sample of 30 sectors in 25 EU … industries and only to a lower extent result from a shift towards higher productivity activities. Trade is found to be an … associated with efficiency gains, but intermediate good exchange and trade with New Member States exert a particularly strong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011783001
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Trade diversity and stages of development - Evidence on EU countries
Parteka, Aleksandra - 2013
The paper presents the dynamics of trade diversity with respect to stages of development in the European context. The … (Imbs and Wacziarg, 2003), EU27 countries are characterized by high degree of trade diversity (on average, EU27 countries … of them registered a reconcentration of trade structures. Obtained estimation results confirm positive relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011783007