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A Model of Russia's 'Virtual Economy'
Ericson, Richard E. - 2007
The Russian Economy has evolved into a hybrid form, a partially monetized quasi-market system that has been called the virtual economy. In the virtual economy, barter and non-monetary transactions play a key role in transferring value from productive activities to the loss-making sectors of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012729028
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The Role of Oil Prices and the Real Exchange Rate in Russia's Economy
Rautava, Jouko - 2007
Most people seem to think that Russia's economy and fiscal situation are still crucially tied up with international oil … Russia's economy and fiscal policy is analysed using VAR methodology and cointegration techniques. The research period … statistics do not indicate that Russia's dependence on oil and the real exchange rate would somehow have weakened in recent years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014224062
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State-Business Relations and Improvement of Corporate Governance in Russia
Yakovlev, Andrei A. - 2009
In this paper, we analyze the influence of the state on the improvement of corporate governance in Russia of the early … in Russia in 2001-2004. The estimation results of this model are statistically robust in different specifications. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014211550
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Distortion Costs and Effects of Price Liberalisation in Russian Energy Markets : A CGE Analysis
Kerkela, Leena - 2014
Russia's economy is energy intense and wasteful of resources. This situation has arisen in part due to the country … potential benefits of Russia's comparative advantage in energy commodities. Increases of 6% in electricity and 10% in the price …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012709296
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Firms and Public Service Provision in Russia
Haaparanta, Pertti - 2011
indicate that there is still a lot scope for improvement in the quality and quantity of public service provision in Russia … investments and growth in Russia. The paper is part of the project quot;Infrastructure and Welfare Services in Russia: Enterprises …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012714368
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Towards Increased Complexity in Russian Regions : Networks, Diversification and Growth
Lyubimov, Ivan - 2018
regional economies varies substantially: rela-tively high in western and central regions, lower in southern and northern Russia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012921389
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Firms and Social Policy Preferences Under Weak Institutions : Evidence from Russia
Marques, Israel - 2018
When does business support the expansion of social policy in the developing world? Existing work on managers' preferences has tended to concentrate on the developed world, where governments can credibly commit to policy, tax evasion is constrained, and mechanisms exist to hold the bureaucracy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012926447
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Bank Ownership and Profit Efficiency of Russian Banks
Belousova, Veronika - 2018
The paper examines how the type of ownership affects the profit efficiency of Russian banks. Using bank-quarter data for selected banks in the period 2004–2015, we combine stochastic frontier anal-ysis (SFA) methodology with an intermediary approach to assess profit efficiency. Our key...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012926836
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Russians’ 'Impressionable Years' : Life Experience During the Exit from Communism and Putin-era Beliefs
Pyle, William - 2020
This article links Russians' individual experiences during the late-Gorbachev and early-Yeltsin years to the beliefs those same individuals espoused in the Putin era, over a decade later. Drawing on questions, some of which are retrospective, from the first wave of the Life in Transition Survey,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012826361
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The Dynamics of Moonlighting : What is Happening in the Russian Informal Economy?
Guariglia, Alessandra - 2007
This paper uses rounds 5 to 8 of the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) to analyse the dynamics of moonlighting of working-age population. We find that moonlighting is transitory, and is generally associated with career shifts. Those respondents who expressed a desire to switch jobs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012732372