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Reform, uncertainty and spillovers : a gravity model approach

Fidrmuc, Jan; Karaja, Elira; Tichit, Ariane - 2012

Reforms often occur in waves, seemingly cascading from country to country. We argue that such reform waves may be driven by informational spillovers: uncertainty about the outcome of reform is reduced by learning from the experience of similar countries. We motivate this hypothesis with a simple...

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How I learned to stop worrying and love the crisis

Fidrmuc, Jan; Tichit, Ariane - 2012

We investigate the effects of economic crises on the subsequent economic performance, economic reform, democratization and institutional change. Our analysis is based on a sample of post-communist countries, most of which experienced severe economic crises during the 1990s. We find that the...

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Economic-social interaction in China

Lindbeck, Assar (contributor) - 2008

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Privatizations spark socialist backlash : evidence from East Germany's transformation

Hager, Anselm; Hennicke, Moritz; Krause, Werner; … - 2022

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 brought the end of socialism, yet pro-socialist sentiment regained momentum surprisingly quickly across Eastern Europe. Why did voters move back to an ideology that was associated with unfree elections and lackluster economic performance? This paper points to...

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Findings of the signal approach for financial monitoring in Kazakhstan

Abberger, Klaus; Nierhaus, Wolfgang; Shaikh, Shynar - 2009

This study concentrates on the signal approach for Kazakhstan. It focuses on the properties of individual indicators … in 2009 is signalled in advance. -- currency crises ; leading economic indicators ; signal approach ; Kazakhstan …

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Early warning system for economic and financial risks in Kazakhstan

Bhattacharyay, Biswanath; Dlugosch, Dennis; Kolb, Benedikt - 2009

-prudential indicators. The system will be tested using a case study referring to Kazakhstan. The main novelty of the study lies in designing … economic environment of Kazakhstan and in studying the interaction of these composite indicators. An additional innovation is … data which until now have not been used much in this area of research. -- banking crisis ; leading indicators ; Kazakhstan …

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Dutch disease scare in Kazakhstan : is it real?

Égert, Balázs (contributor); … - 2007

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Mining matters : natural resource extraction and local business constraints

Haas, Ralph de; Poelhekke, Steven - 2016

We estimate the impact of local mining activity on the business constraints experienced by 22,150 firms across eight resource-rich countries. We find that with the presence of active mines, the business environment in the immediate vicinity (20 km) of a firm deteriorates but business constraints...

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Economic returns to speaking the right language(s)? : evidence from Kazakhstan's shift in state language and language of instruction

Aldashev, Alisher; Danzer, Alexander M. - 2014

This paper investigates the economic returns to language skills and bilingualism. The analysis is staged in Kazakhstan …

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Female and male body mass, height, and weight during US economic development: 1860s-1930s

Carson, Scott Alan - 2020

When other measures for economic welfare are scarce or unreliable, the use of biological measures are now standard in economics. This study uses late 19th and early 20th century BMI, statures, and weight to assess how net nutrition accumulated to women and men during US economic development....

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