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Many scholars have interpreted the Russian government’s attack on the private oil companies, as in the most famous … retaining its monopoly power as a “fight with corruption”. In this paper we build a game between the state firm (government) and … signal their type, and try to influence the government’s decision of whether confiscating the private firm by accusing it of …
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The economic "battle" that took place in Russia in 1992 consisted of the struggle between the liberally …-oriented government and the labor collectives, the latter of which regarded the government's reform program as an attempt to encroach upon … introduction of shock therapy, and the subsequent failure of the government to make a rapid transition to a western-style economy …
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In this paper we try to describe the main feature of Russian civic culture that could influence the outcome of the reform, initiated in 1992, and discuss channels through which the influence was realized. We begin with consideration of paternalism and what we call “habitual deviationism”,...
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used to compare reforms in Russia and China. It is shown that China had no significant advantages with respect to initial …
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The theory of fiscal federalism makes a strong case for decentralizing government functions in order to enhance the … regional dimension of democracy. However, decentralized government raises severe coordination problems. Coordination of public … agencies within government—among the Executive, the Legislative, the Judicature, and the Administration—is difficult enough …
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Why are investors rushing to purchase US government securities when the US is the epicentre of the financial crisis … invested in US government securities. America’s exorbitant privilege comes with a cost and a responsibility that US policy …
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This article deals with the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on poverty and education in Africa. It considers the scale and scope of the pandemic and its anticipated impact on education systems in heavily infected sub-Saharan African countries. It looks for lessons derived from twenty years of...
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ownership, and help government achieve the highest levels of accountability and constituent service. Yet implementing ERP in a … because of the complexity of ERP systems, but it is further complicated by the intricacy of the government acquisition process …. Therefore, it is particularly important that the business value be sold at the executive and political levels of government and …
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Some political parties have become victims of high technology politics; especially those in Latin America and the Caribbean who continue to practice limited database thinking. Those who have continued to practice political rule by thuggarism have found themselves behind the political curve of...
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distinguished by courage which is that signal that separates the genuine reformer (undertaking transition) from the weak government …
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