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Does Competition Matter? The Efficiency of Regional Higher Education Systems and Competition : The Case of Russia
Leshukov, Oleg - 2015
This paper explores the relationship between the degree of competition between higher education institutions (HEIs) and the efficiency of regional higher education systems using evidence from the Russian Federation. The choice of the regional system of higher education as a unit of analysis is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013012875
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Competitive Division of a Mixed Manna
Bogomolnaia, Anna - 2017
A mixed manna contains goods (that everyone likes), bads (that everyone dislikes), as well as items that are goods to some agents, but bads or satiated to others. If all items are goods and utility functions are homothetic, concave (and monotone), the Competitive Equilibrium with Equal Incomes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012963388
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Alternative Versions of the Global Competitive Industrial Performance Ranking Constructed by Methods from Social Choice Theory
Subochev, Andrey - 2015
The Competitive Industrial Performance index (developed by experts of the UNIDO) is designed as a measure of national competitiveness. Index is an aggregate of eight observable variables, representing different dimensions of competitive industrial performance. Instead of using a cardinal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013013070
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Price-Quantity Competition of Farsighted Firms : Toughness vs. Collusion
Sandomirskaiay, Marina - 2015
The paper examines an interaction of boundedly rational firms that are able to calculate their gains after reaction of an opponent to their own deviations from the current strategy. We consider an equilibrium concept that we call a Nash-2 equilibrium. We discuss the problem of existence and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024415
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Trade Intensity, Net Trade, and Revealed Comparative Advantage
Gnidchenko, Andrey; Salnikov, Vladimir - 2021
More than a half a century ago, Bela Balassa proposed his famous revealed comparative advantage (RCA) index which represents the intensity of exports and can be represented as the ratio of actual-to-expected trade. Today, the index is still applied in the majority of empirical comparative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013234497
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Explaining the Productivity Advantages of Manufacturing Firms in Russian Urban Agglomerations
Ksenia, Gonchar - 2012
manufacturing industry in Russia. A settlement is counted as part of an urban agglomeration in two cases: that of a large, central …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096182
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Executing the Decisons of Foreign Courts and the Question of Sovereignty in Russia
Antonov, Mikhail - 2012
The author examines the theoretical difficulties of implementing decisions and awards of foreign courts in Russia … educational background of legal professionals – especially judges – in Russia. It is suggested that the statist conception of law … of law developing in the mentality of legal professionals in Russia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096271
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Challenges and New Trends for Nonprofit Accountability in Russia
Jakobson, Lev - 2012
Nonprofit accountability in Russia is becoming increasingly important as nonprofit organizations become more open …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096520
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Are Banks Peer Disciplined? Evidence from Post-Crisis Russia
Semenova, Maria - 2012
assess correctly the riskiness of other banks. However, the “crises of trust” (as one in 2004 in Russia) create some doubts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097640
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A 'De Soto Effect in Industry? Evidence from The Russian Federation
Karas, Alexei - 2012
The empirical literature assessing the connection between land rights, access to finance and investment activity has focused largely on actors that, for multiple reasons, might face difficulties accessing credit. Communities of small-scale farmers or poor urban households in developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097641