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Drivers of exchange rate dynamics in selected CIS countries: evidence from a FAVAR analysis

Dreger, Christian; Fidrmuc, Jarko - 2009

We investigate the likely sources of exchange rate dynamics in selected CIS countries (Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, and Moldova) over the past decade (1999-2008). The analysis is based on country VAR models augmented by a regional common factor structure (FAVAR model)....

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Non-tariff barriers in the selected CIS countries

Taran, Sviltana - 2008

The purpose of this paper is to measure and analyse how intensively CIS countries apply nontariff barriers (NTBs) to restrict foreign trade in regard to certain products and total trade. Five CIS countries were selected for this analysis, in particular Ukraine, Russian Federation, Moldova,...

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CIS countries' interests vis-á-vis the European Union and its Eastern policy

Menkiszak, Marek; Konończuk, Wojciech; Kaczmarski, Marcin - 2008

The CIS countries' EU-related interests are very heterogeneous. The countries themselves differ not only in terms of their geopolitical and geo-economic situations, and how those affect their relations with the EU, but also in their levels of ambition in relation to the Union, as well as their...

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The welfare state evolves: German Knappschaften, 1854 - 1923

Jopp, Tobias Alexander - 2010

This paper reviews the German miners' model of mutual insurance from its introduction in 1854 to its basic reformation in 1923. Its core feature was the provision of cash benefits for compensation of income losses due to temporary sickness and permanent invalidity or death of the bread-winner....

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Mining conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa: Actors and repertoires of contention

Engels, Bettina - 2016

Industrial mining is currently one of the fastest growing sectors of the world economy, particularly in the Global … South. The present mining boom is, however, accompanied by numerous conflicts: conflicts over labour relations, over … ecological systems, and over the distribution of profits and tax revenues. In this paper, a typology of mining conflicts is …

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Struggling for land access: The success and failure of social movement actors' framing strategies in conflicts over large-scale land transformations

Prause, Louisa - 2016

' framing strategies in conflicts over large-scale mining and agro-industrial projects. Discursive opportunity structures (DOS … discursive structures. Empirically, the study compares conflicts over gold mining and agro-industry in Senegal. Some elements of …Konflikte um großflächige Landtransformationen zugunsten von Bergbau und Agrarindustrie haben in den letzten Jahren …

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