We investigate the impact of fiscal variables on bond yield spreads relative to US Treasury bonds in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia and Turkey from May 1998 to December 2007. To account for the importance of market expectations we use projected values for fiscal and macroeconomic...

This paper explores the effects that the global financial crisis of 2008 - 2010 had on the funding and performance of the healthcare and education sectors in the Russian Federation (RF). Both education and healthcare expenditures increased in terms of total general government (GG) spending...

The conjunction of oil and Russia's economic recovery in 1999-2004 links many themes. On September 16, 1998, the Central Bank of Russia mandated repatriation of 50 percent of foreign exchange revenues. On December 31, 1998, it raised the mandated repatriation rate to 75 percent. This rule...

From 1995 to 2001 Russia witnessed an asset market boom, a deep financial crisis, and a surprisingly forceful recovery. An event study of this episode provides important insights for Emerging Market investment and Russia's medium-term prospects. The initial surge in bond and stock prices in...

Der Angriff Russlands auf die Ukraine hat die wirtschaftlichen Rahmenbedingungen in Europa drastisch verschlechtert. Die Preise für Rohstoffe und Energie und hier besonders für Erdgas sind stark gestiegen, die Sanktionen bringen den Handel mit Russland, der über Energielieferungen hinausgeht,...

Die weltwirtschaftliche Erholung verlief bereits zu Beginn des Jahres gedämpft, und auch im Sommerhalbjahr ist die Weltwirtschaft verschiedenen schweren Belastungen ausgesetzt, die die Preise stark steigen lassen. Erneute Produktionsstilllegungen im Zuge der chinesischen Null-Covid-Strategie...