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This paper examines the changes in the inter-industry wage structure experienced by Russia since 1993, as part of its … increased. Moreover, Russia exhibits large movements in wage premia, as industries respond to massively changing demand … conditions. The issue of wage arrears (unpaid wages or outstanding pay), which affects half of all employees, plays an important …
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This paper investigates the determinants of liability maturity choice in transition markets. We formulate a model of firm value maximization that describes managers' choice of optimal debt structure. The theoretical predictions are tested using a unique panel of 4,300 Ukrainian firms during the...
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Russian banks. The paper also searches for ways to promote financial development in Russia. It is argued that there may not be … that have a solvency problem such as Russia. Russia's recently adopted banking restructuring program is an abandonment of …Das Papier gibt zunächst einen Überblick über die Ursachen und ökonomischen Kosten der Bankenkrise in Rußland, die im …
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organized as federations, comparably weak institutions such as those in Russia are largely unknown. In this sense, international …
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duopoly, and individual or collective cooperation with Russia. Using a demand function for Western European gas imports from … Russia, we estimate prices and quantities for gas transit, the expected profits for Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus, and the … cubic meters, and Russia's profits increase, in particular when it unites its gas sector with Belarus and Ukraine, a …
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The positive association between moderate alcohol consumption and wages is well documented in the economic literature …-specific drinking behavior and wages. In our analysis, we disentangle the general wage effect of drinking into diverse effects for … different types of drinkers. Mincerian estimates reveal significant and positive relationships between wine drinkers and wages …
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principal implications: First, the distribution of wages becomes more dispersed as a cohort of workers gains experience; second … growth in the variance of residual wages over the first ten years of the worker's career are also the occupations with high …
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This paper exploits discontinuities induced by earnings caps for social security contributions (SSC) in Germany to analyse the effect of SSC on gross labour earnings. Empirical evidence is based on two complementary approaches utilising two administrative data sets. First, employment responses...
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