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The Dynamics of the Colombian Civil Conflict: A New Data Set

Restrepo, Jorge; Spagat, Michael; Vargas, Juan F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

We present a detailed, high-frequency dataset on the civil conflict in Colombia during the period 1988-2002. We briefly introduce the Colombian case and the methodological issues that hinder data collection in civil wars, before presenting the pattern over time of conflict actions and intensity...

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Foreign Aid Designed to Diminish Terrorist Atrocities can Increase Them

Mandler, Michael; Spagat, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

A domestic power faces an enemy and commits terrorist atrocities to increase the likelihood of victory. A foreign patron can grant aid to the power but prefers fewer or no atrocities. The domestic power responds by acquiescing in the creation of uncontrollable paramilitaries that commit even...

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Labour Supply in the Informal Economy in Russia during Transition

Kolev, Alexandre - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

This paper investigates the informal labour market in Russia in late 1995 and estimates a labour supply function in the …

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Opportunistic Political Cycles: Test in a Young Democracy Setting

Akhmedov, Akhmed; Ravitchev, Alexei; Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

-old democracy – Russia. We find strong evidence of very short opportunistic political cycles and provide evidence and explanation … why many previous attempts to find evidence failed. Using a comprehensive list of Russia's regional elections and regional …

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Russian Enterprises in Transition

Cohen, Daniel; de Boissieu, Christian; de Pontbriand, Gaël - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

The paper examines the behaviour of 100 firms interviewed regularly between 1993-4. It reaches the following conclusions:1) Following the inter-enterprise debt (IED) crisis of 1992, most firms have switched to a `pay-in-advance' system, which pushed firms towards a `hard budget constraint'...

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Reassessing the Standard of Living in the Soviet Union: An Analysis Using Archival and Anthropometric Data

Brainerd, Elizabeth - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

Both Western and Soviet estimates of GNP growth in the USSR indicate that GNP per capita grew in every decade - sometimes rapidly - from 1928 to 1985. While this measure suggests that the standard of living improved in the USSR throughout this period, it is unclear whether this economic growth...

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Gross Job Flows in Russian Industry Before and After Reforms: Has Destruction Become More Creative?

Brown, J David; Earle, John S - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This Paper uses 1985-99 manufacturing census data for old Russian enterprises to calculate the magnitude and productivity effects of gross job flow rates before and after reforms. Job creation was low throughout the period in this sector, but increased slightly during the transition, while job...

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Russia's European Economic Integration: Escapism and Realities

Hamilton, Carl B - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

Both Russia and the EU are undertaking significant changes in foreign trade relations. Russia seeks WTO accession and … relationship can EU and Russia develop? The Paper analyses the asymmetric trade structure, the unstable and confused trade relation …, as well as both form and content of EU’s and Russia’s options for the future. Conclusions are e.g. that (i) present EU …

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Distance to the Efficiency Frontier and FDI Spillovers

Sabirianova Peter, Klara; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

and Russia, have not been converging to the technological frontier set by foreign owned firms. In both countries, the … from 1995-97 to 1998-2000. The distance to the frontier is, however, orders of magnitude greater in Russia than in the … Republic, however, this ‘negative spillover’ effect is diminished over time, whereas in Russia it continues to cause domestic …

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Federal Tax Arrears in Russia: Liquidity Problems, Federal Redistribution or Russian Resistance?

Ponomareva, Maria; Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Three hypotheses about the nature of federal tax arrears in Russia in the second half of the 1990s are tested …

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