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Convergence in Institutions and Market Outcomes: Cross-Country and Time-Series Evidence from the BEEPS Surveys in Transition Economies
Mitra, Pradeep; Muravyev, Alexander; Schaffer, Mark E. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2008
sources of finance. The scale of restructuring and innovation activity is as high or higher in transition economies as in …This paper uses the BEEPS firm-level data to study the process of convergence of transition countries with developed … to firms, and how firms respond to the economic environment by restructuring; we are able to do this because the BEEPS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068801
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Efficiency Analysis of East European Electricity Distribution in Transition: Legacy of the Past?
Cullmann, Astrid; Apfelbeck, Jürgen; Hirschhausen, … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
transition countries (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary). We compare the relative technical efficiency of East …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068849
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From Transition to Competition: Dynamic Efficiency Analysis of Polish Electricity Distribution Companies
Cullmann, Astrid; Hirschhausen, Christian von - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
In this paper we test the hypothesis that the economic transition toward a market economy increases the efficiency of … that the technical efficiency of the companies has indeed increased during the transition, while allocative efficiency has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068911
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Innovation, Adoption, Ownership, and Productivity: Evidence from Ukraine
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Vakhitova, Hanna; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
How do new and foreign firms achieve superior productivity? Do they conduct more and better R&D? Or do they distinguish themselves through computerization and organizational capital? We investigate the determinants of and returns to several types of investment, using a panel of over 40,000...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555913
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Power Utility Re-regulation in East European and CIS Transformation Countries (1990-1999): An Institutional Interpretation
Hirschhausen, Christian von; Opitz, Petra - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2001
This paper analyzes the process of power utility re-regulation in Eastern Europe and the CIS during the decade of systemic transformation (1990-1999); in particular, it explores reasons why early attempts to introduce competition-oriented reform models have not succeeded. We discuss advantages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068969
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"Robin Hook": The Developmental Effects of Somali Piracy
Shortland, Anja - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
Naval counter-piracy measures off Somalia have failed to change the incentives for pirates, raising calls for land-based approaches that may involve replacing piracy as a source of income. This paper evaluates the effects of piracy on the Somali economy to establish which (domestic) groups...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322384
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"Robin Hook": The Developmental Effects of Somali Piracy
Shortland, Anja - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
Naval counter-piracy measures off Somalia have failed to change the incentives for pirates, raising calls for land-based approaches that may involve replacing piracy as a source of income. This paper evaluates the effects of piracy on the Somali economy to establish which (domestic) groups...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322582
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The (Hidden) Financial Flows of Terrorist and Transnational Crime Organizations: A Literature Review and Some Preliminary Empirical Results
Schneider, Friedrich; Caruso, Raul - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
The financial means of international terror and transnational organized crime organizations are analyzed. First, some short remarks about the organization of international terror organizations are made. Second and in a much more detailed way a literature review is provided about the financing of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322387
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Money Laundering and Financial Means of Organized Crime: Some Preliminary Empirical Findings
Schneider, Friedrich - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
After giving a short literature review, the paper tries a quantification of the volume of money laundering activities, with the help of a MIMIC estimation procedure for the years 1995 to 2006 for 20 highly developed OECD countries. The volume of laundered money was 273 billions USD in the year...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008552731
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The Business of Piracy in Somalia
Percy, Sarah; Shortland, Anja - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
This article argues that it will be difficult, if not impossible, to control Somali piracy for four reasons. First, Somali piracy is a land-based problem and naval control mechanisms are not changing the incentives for pirates. Second, improving Somalia's anarchic political situation will not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008526700