This paper examines the degree of capital mobility in the countries of the Caucasus. We employ a simple model developed …-series econometrics in order to capture the short-run dynamics. Then, we construct a panel of 6 countries of the Caucasus – Azerbaijan …, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkey – and obtain the long-run estimates by applying a panel cointegration …

We study incumbency advantage and the electoral returns to pork and patronage over ten legislative periods from 1948 to …’s two main parties of government received significantly more preference votes when pork and patronage were steered to their …

municipal elections are approaching. These findings suggest that male mayors may promote more political patronage than female …

majority of the connections among enterprises and branches of the economies of Russia and Uzbekistan. However, the sense of … world in Uzbekistan’s foreign trade, Russia's share is big enough to significantly influence the Uzbek economy. …