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Transitional Arrangements for Trade and Payments Among the CMEA Countries
International Monetary Fund - 1990
Trade among the CMEA countries will soon be conducted at world prices and in convertible currencies. These are crucial steps in economic reform but will worsen Eastern Europe’s terms of trade and drive it into current account deficit with the USSR. Proposals have been made for a payments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014395796
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Russia and the WTO : The ""Gravity"" of Outsider Status
Lissovolik, Yaroslav - 2004
With China''s accession to the WTO in 2001, Russia is by far that organization''s most prominent nonmember. This paper … applies the gravity model to gauge whether this ""outsider"" status has been affecting Russia''s export structure. On the … the model''s predictions. The paper discusses possible explanations of this result, including Russia''s exclusion from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404162
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How Russia Affects the Neighborhood : Trade, Financial, and Remittance Channels
Espinosa-Bowen, Jaime - 2009
We test the extent to which growth in the 11 CIS countries (excluding Russia) was associated with developments in … Russia, overall, as well as through the trade, financial and remittance channels over the last decade or so. The results … point to the continued existence of economic links between the CIS countries and Russia, though these links may have altered …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402216
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Trade Finance and Trade Flows : Panel Data Evidence From 10 Crises
Ronci, Márcio Valério - 2004
This paper assesses the effect of constrained trade finance on trade flows in countries undergoing financial and balance of payments crises. Most of the countries that had a major crisis had a significant trade contraction, while trade-related finance declined sharply. However, trade may also be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404046
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The Russian state’s size and its footprint : have they increased?
Di Bella, Gabriel; Dynnikova, Oksana; Slavov, Slavi - 2019
The short answer: The size of the Russian State has not increased much in the last few years, but its economic footprint remains significant. Concretely, the state's size increased from about 32 percent of GDP in 2012 to 33 percent in 2016, not far from the EBRD's estimate of 35 percent for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012009568
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The Economic Reform Process in Russia
Odling-Smee, J. C. - 1993
Although various factors point to a more arduous and longer transition in Russia than in Eastern Europe, the broad … Russia needs external financial assistance, it must be willing and able to pursue economic policies that ensure that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396521
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Health and Education Expenditures in Russia, the Baltic States, and the Other Countries of the Former Soviet Union
Horton, Mark A. - 1996
Russia, the Baltic states and the other countries of the former Soviet Union inherited health and education systems …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014395920
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The Great Contractions in Russia, the Baltics and the Other Countries of the Former Soviet Union : A View From the Supply Side
International Monetary Fund - 2000
The output contractions during the initial transition stages in the Baltics and in Russia and the other CIS countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399817
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Do Asset Prices in Transition Countries Contain Information About Future Economic Activity?
Sløk, Torsten - 2000
, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, and Slovenia for the period 1994-1999 it is shown that historical values for interest rates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399894
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Budget System Reform in Transitional Economies : The Experience of Russia
Diamond, Jack - 2002
not proved easy. Using Russia as a case study, the magnitude of the problems faced is documented, and the strategy of … undertaking similar reforms, and the future agenda for completing these reforms in Russia is indicated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400058