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The volatility of financial markets has been a relevant topic for transition economies, as the countries of Central and … the transition process. But what have been the determinants of this financial volatility? This paper posits that … volatility in transition. Examining 20 transition economies over various time-frames within the period 1993–2012, this paper …
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The analysis of external economic relations of Russia reveals a paradox: while Europe is the main trade and direct investment partner of Russia, this is far from being the case concerning its currency’s role in Russia's financial activities. The dollar is much preferred by economic agents for...
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The aim of this paper is to analyze the effect of corruption in bank lending. Corruption is expected to hamper bank lending, as it is closely related to legal enforcement, which has been shown to promote banks’ willingness to lend. Nevertheless the similarities between the consequences for...
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The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of corruption on bank lending in Russia. This issue is of major interest in order to understand the causes of financial underdevelopment and the effects of corruption in Russia. We use regional measures of corruption and bank-level data to...
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The paper investigates the influences of financial development on patterns of industrial specialization across China’s regions. We find that industrial sectors reliant on access to external finance are found to concentrate in regions with developed financial markets. Both foreign direct...
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The purpose of this paper is to carefully assess the size of public sector within the Russian banking industry. We identify and classify at least 78 state-influenced banks. For the state-owned banks, we distinguish between those that are majority-owned by federal executive authorities or Central...
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managed transition process is one of the best ways to guard against backslide and to ensure the continuity of essential … studies in DRC (initial stages of MONUSCO transition), Haiti (handover from MINUJUSH to BINUH), Liberia (following UNMIL …’s withdrawal) and Sudan (transition of UNAMID). The paper focuses on opportunities that the international community could integrate …
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This paper surveys recent advances in empirical studies of the monetary transmission mechanism (MTM), with special attention to Central and Eastern Europe. In particular, while laying out the functioning of the separate channels in the MTM, it explores possible interrelations between different...
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The paper analyses fiscal competition for mobile capital between identical regions in a transition country. A framework … transition when the share of the old sector is overwhelming, consumers in a transition economy may be better off in a competitive …
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The paper is intended to explain low sensitivity of employment decisions observed in transition economies where insider … ownership prevails and capital markets are not highly developed. We introduce a stability concept for employment levels of a … labor-managed firm and prove that there exists a segment of stable employment levels. If a level belongs to the interior of …
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