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Consumption and Income Inequality During the Transition to a Market Economy: Poland, 1985–1992
Keane, Michael; Prasad, Eswar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001
This paper challenges the conventional wisdom that income and consumption inequality in Poland increased substantially … income inequality increased in 1989 but subsequently declined to pretransition levels. The distribution of consumption … income inequality during the transition. However, the relative well-being of different socioeconomic groups was altered and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259807
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The privatization of public banks: will it always turn out to be satisfactory?
Apak, Sudi; Atakisi, Ahmet; Ozkan, Levent; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The concept of privatization has been deepened due to the liberalization progress in the world economy since the beginning of 1980's. In order to slip out of the great depression period in 1929, the share of government activity in economy and government intervention has been increased and this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011267845
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Outward FDI from the Central and Eastern European Transition Economies – A Discrete Choice Analysis of Location Choice within the European Union
Cantner, Uwe; Günther, Jutta; Hassan, Sohaib Shahzad; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The location determinants of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) have received extensive attention in contemporary literature, largely from the perspective of advanced economies. Less attention has been focused on OFDI from emerging economies. This applies, in particular, to Central and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259687
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Do Trust-Based Relations Improve Firm’s Performance? Evidence from Transition Economies
Berulava, George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of trust-based relations on firm’s performance in transition economies. The trade credit variable is used as a proxy of trust-based relations and the propensity score matching method is employed to establish casual link between relational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260550
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Less quality more costs: Does local power sector reliability matter for electricity intensity?
Bagayev, Igor; Najman, Boris - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The paper describes the main determinants of electricity intensity in twenty-nine transition economies. We provide an original analysis on the way the local power sector unreliability may affect the firm-level electricity intensity. The paper explains the different firm’s behaviour, within EU...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260741
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The Rise of China and India---remaking of the New World Order
Hasanat Shah, Syed; Li, Jun Jiang; Li, Wang - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
In this study we try to observe whether growing China and India will Challenge the existing World Order or will they prefer status quo, and if they don’t then how they will assert themselves with in the existing system. Based on reality checks, we concluded that India and China are not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261008
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Способы формирования контрактных институтов: эволюция versus революция
Tamilina, Larysa; Baklanova, Olena - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
В статье анализируется влияние формальных экономических институтов на развитие постсоциалистических стран. Акцент делается на необходимости разграничения...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261010
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Outward FDI from Central and East European Transition Economies – A discrete choice analysis of location within the EU
Cantner, Uwe; Günther, Jutta; Hassan, Sohaib Shahzad; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The location determinants of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) have received extensive attention in contemporary literature, largely from the perspective of advanced economies. Less attention has been focused on OFDI from emerging economies. This applies, in particular, to Central and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261140
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Foreign banks in transition countries. To whom do they lend and how are they financed?
De Haas, Ralph; Naaborg, Ilko - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
We use focused interviews with managers of foreign parent banks and their affiliates in Central Europe and the Baltic States to analyse the small-business lending and internal capital markets of multinational financial institutions. Our approach allows us to complement the standard empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260284
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Foreign aid, foreign direct investment and domestic investment nexus in landlocked economies of Central Asia
Arazmuradov, Annageldy - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper is about relationship between official development assistance, foreign direct investment and domestic investment in landlocked and less studied young economies of Central Asia. It is important for donor countries to understand whether their investments induce foreign direct investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651395