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Human Capital, Growth and Inequality in Transition Economies

Spagat, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

possible implications of this key fact by surveying and adapting literature on growth and inequality. I focus especially on the …

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The role of tax depreciation for investment decisions : a comparison of European transition countries

Nam, Chang-woon; Radulescu, Doina - 2003

This study compares incentive effects of various tax depreciation methods currently adopted in European transition economies. In these countries straight-line, geometric-degressive and accelerated depreciation measures are quite popular in combination with different corporate tax rates. Their...

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The enlargement of the European Union and the redistribution of seigniorage wealth

Feist, Holger - 2001

In the course of the EU enlargement process, the participation of accession countries in the European Monetary Union might lead to a significant redistribution of seigniorage wealth if current regulations prevail. In general, accession countries will be winners from this redistribution, for...

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Dollarization of deposits in the short and long run : evidence from CESE countries

Urosevic, Branko; Rajkovic, Ivana - 2016

In this paper, we study the drivers of permanent and transitory deposit dollarization for a sample of CESE countries using panel cointegration techniques. The results suggest that a positive cointegration relationship exists between permanent dollarization and Minimum Variance Portfolio (MVP)...

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How important are foreign banks in the financial development of European transition countries?

Naaborg, Ilko; Scholtens, Bert; Haan, Jakob de; Bol, Hanneke - 2003

This paper analyzes the development of the banking sector in European transition countries. We find that, although bank assets increased during the 1990s, credit to the private sector remained relatively low. Foreign-owned banks have become major players in the financial system of these...

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Trade openness and income inequality : new empirical evidence

Dorn, Florian; Fuest, Clemens; Potrafke, Niklas - 2021

We examine how trade openness influences income inequality within countries. The sample includes 139 countries over the … trade openness on income inequality differs across countries. Trade openness tends to disproportionately benefit the … economies, trade openness increased income inequality, an effect that is driven by outliers. Our results suggest a strong effect …

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Ten years after : what is special about transition countries?

Gros, Daniel; Suhrcke, Marc - 2000

Most countries commonly classified as 'in transition' are st ill recognisably different from other countries with a similar income per capita in some respects: a larger share of their work force is in industry, they use more energy, they have a more extensive infrastructure and invest more in...

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Globalization and income inequality revisited

Dorn, Florian; Fuest, Clemens; Potrafke, Niklas - 2018

This paper re-examines the link between globalization and income inequality. We use data for 140 countries over the … between globalization and income inequality differs across different groups of countries. There is a robust positive … relationship between globalization and inequality in the transition countries including China and most countries of Middle and …

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The land that Lean manufacturing forgot? Management practices in transition countries

Bloom, Nicholas; Schweiger, Helena; Van Reenen, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We have conducted the first survey on management practices in transition countries. We found that Central Asian transition countries, such as Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, have on average very poor management practices. Their average scores are below emerging countries such as Brazil, China and...

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Monitoring Managers: Does it Matter?

Cornelli, Francesca; Kominek, Zbigniew; Ljungqvist, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

We test under what circumstances boards discipline managers and whether such interventions improve performance. We exploit exogenous variation due to the staggered adoption of corporate governance laws in formerly Communist countries coupled with detailed ‘hard’ information about the...

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