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Distance to the Efficiency Frontier and FDI Spillovers

Peter, Klara Sabirianova; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - 2004

and Russia, have not been converging to the technological frontier set by foreign owned firms. In both countries, the … change from 1995-1997 to 1998-2000. However, the distance to the frontier is orders of magnitude greater in Russia than in …, in the Czech Republic this ?negative spillover? effect is diminished over time, whereas in Russia it continues to cause …

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Equilibrium Wage Arrears: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Institutional Lock-In

Earle, John S.; Sabirianova, Klara Z. - 2000

payment equilibrium." Our econometric analysis of linked employer-employee data for Russia supports the model's contention …

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Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development : Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standard?

Sabirianova, Klara Z.; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - 2005

advanced economies. We examine the extent of this convergence in the Czech Republic and Russia, economies that represent …

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A theory of military dictatorships

Acemoglu, Daron; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - 2008

We investigate how nondemocratic regimes use the military and how this can lead to the emergence of military dictatorships. Nondemocratic regimes need the use of force in order to remain in power, but this creates a political moral hazard problem; a strong military may not simply work as an...

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Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis

Naudé, Wim A.; Szirmai, Adam; Lavopa, Alejandro - 2013

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of … de-industrialization (Brazil, Russia and South Africa). China is the only country where an expanding manufacturing sector …

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Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis

Naudé, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Lavopa, Alejandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

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Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development: Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standard?

Sabirianova Peter, Klara; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

advanced economies. We examine the extent of this convergence in the Czech Republic and Russia, economies that represent …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703404

Distance to the Efficiency Frontier and FDI Spillovers

Sabirianova Peter, Klara; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

and Russia, have not been converging to the technological frontier set by foreign owned firms. In both countries, the … change from 1995-1997 to 1998-2000. However, the distance to the frontier is orders of magnitude greater in Russia than in …, in the Czech Republic this “negative spillover” effect is diminished over time, whereas in Russia it continues to cause …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762398

Is man doomed to progress?

Senik-Leygonie, Claudia - 2006

This paper is dedicated to the empirical exploration of the welfare effect of expectations and progress per se. Using ten waves of the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, a panel household survey rich in subjective variables, the analysis suggests that for a given total stock of...

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Poverty in the Russian Federation

Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; van Praag, Bernard M. S. - 2001

This paper is intended to shed light on the extent of poverty in the Russian Federation. We present estimates of poverty lines and poverty ratios derived from subjective questions used in a during data collection for a large household panel (RUSSET). We estimate poverty using a subjective...

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